TrueClass

The global value true is the only instance of class TrueClass and represents a logically true value in boolean expressions. The class provides operators allowing true to be used in logical expressions.

Instance Methods

true & obj → true or false

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            static VALUE
true_and(VALUE obj, VALUE obj2)
{
    return RTEST(obj2)?Qtrue:Qfalse;
}

And—Returns false if obj is nil or false, true otherwise.

obj === other → true or false

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            VALUE
rb_equal(VALUE obj1, VALUE obj2)
{
    VALUE result;

    if (obj1 == obj2) return Qtrue;
    result = rb_equal_opt(obj1, obj2);
    if (result == Qundef) {
        result = rb_funcall(obj1, id_eq, 1, obj2);
    }
    if (RTEST(result)) return Qtrue;
    return Qfalse;
}

Case Equality – For class Object, effectively the same as calling ==, but typically overridden by descendants to provide meaningful semantics in case statements.

true ^ obj → !obj

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            static VALUE
true_xor(VALUE obj, VALUE obj2)
{
    return RTEST(obj2)?Qfalse:Qtrue;
}

Exclusive Or—Returns true if obj is nil or false, false otherwise.

inspect

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An alias for

true.to_s → "true"

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            static VALUE
true_to_s(VALUE obj)
{
    return rb_usascii_str_new2("true");
}

The string representation of true is “true”.

true | obj → true

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            static VALUE
true_or(VALUE obj, VALUE obj2)
{
    return Qtrue;
}

Or—Returns true. As obj is an argument to a method call, it is always evaluated; there is no short-circuit evaluation in this case.

true |  puts("or")
true || puts("logical or")

produces:

or