gistfile1.txt

  # Version 0 (original)
  def to
    begin
      name=self.first_name
      unless name.nil?
       name
       name=name+" "+self.last_name
      else
      name=self.last_name
      end
      if name.nil?
        name=self.company_name
      elsif !self.company_name.nil?
        name=name+', '+self.company_name
      end       
      name    
    rescue StandardError=>e
      name="unknown destination"
    end
  end 

  # Version 2
  def to
    name = "#{self.first_name} #{self.last_name if self.first_name}"
    name = self.company_name if name.nil? or name.strip.blank?
    name = "unknown destination" if name.nil? or name.strip.blank?
    name.strip
  end

  # Version 3
  def to
    return retval = [ "#{self.first_name} #{self.last_name}".strip, self.company_name ].join(", ") unless retval.blank?
    'unknown destination'
  end

  # Version 4
  def to
    human_name.blank? ? 'unknown destination' : human_name
  end
  
  private
  
  def human_name
    [ "#{self.first_name} #{self.last_name}".strip, self.company_name ].join(", ")
  end


  # Version 5
  def to
    # got a name? return it. company? return it too. otherwise unknown
    [[[first, last].join(" ").strip, comp].join(', ').strip.gsub(/^,\s/,''), "unknown destination"].detect{|a| a.present?}
  end

def to
  full_name_with_company || 'unknown destination'
end

def full_name_with_company
  retval = [full_name, company_name].join(', ')
  return retval unless retval.empty?
  nil
end

def full_name
  retval = [self.first_name, self.last_name].join(' ')
  return retval unless retval.empty?
  nil
end

#I'm pretty sure this is the official ruby way to do this
def to
  markers = [""," ",":D",", "]
  ((self.instance_variables().sort {|x,y| y.length <=> x.length}).map do |x|
    markers[11%x.length] << self.instance_variable_get(x)
  end).inject(["unknown destination","",""]){|x,y| (x<<y)[1..-1]}.join().sub(/^( |,)*/,"")
end