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Created July 1, 2011 17:12
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Is there a cleaner/simpler way of doing this?
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my_model.rb
class MyModel < ActiveRecord::Base
after_initialize :setup_defaults
attr_accessor :foo_bar
def setup_defaults
foo_bar ||= "my default value"
end
end
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mnaser commented Jul 1, 2011

The ||= means set value if it's empty.

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