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class TrueClass
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<p>The global value <code>true</code> is the only instance of class <a href="TrueClass.html"><code>TrueClass</code></a> and represents a logically true value in boolean expressions. The class provides operators allowing <code>true</code> to be used in logical expressions.</p>
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true & obj → true or false
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<p>And—Returns <code>false</code> if <em>obj</em> is <code>nil</code> or <code>false</code>, <code>true</code> otherwise.</p>
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<pre>static VALUE
true_and(VALUE obj, VALUE obj2)
{
return RTEST(obj2)?Qtrue:Qfalse;
}</pre>
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obj === other → true or false
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<p>Case Equality – For class <a href="Object.html"><code>Object</code></a>, effectively the same as calling <code>#==</code>, but typically overridden by descendants to provide meaningful semantics in <code>case</code> statements.</p>
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<pre>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;
}</pre>
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true ^ obj → !obj
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<p>Exclusive Or—Returns <code>true</code> if <em>obj</em> is <code>nil</code> or <code>false</code>, <code>false</code> otherwise.</p>
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<pre>static VALUE
true_xor(VALUE obj, VALUE obj2)
{
return RTEST(obj2)?Qfalse:Qtrue;
}</pre>
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<span class="method-name">inspect</span><span
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Alias for: <a href="TrueClass.html#method-i-to_s">to_s</a>
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to_s → "true"
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<p>The string representation of <code>true</code> is “true”.</p>
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<pre>static VALUE
true_to_s(VALUE obj)
{
return rb_cTrueClass_to_s;
}</pre>
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Also aliased as: <a href="TrueClass.html#method-i-inspect">inspect</a>
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true | obj → true
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<p>Or—Returns <code>true</code>. As <em>obj</em> is an argument to a method call, it is always evaluated; there is no short-circuit evaluation in this case.</p>
<pre class="ruby"><span class="ruby-keyword">true</span> <span class="ruby-operator">|</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">puts</span>(<span class="ruby-string">"or"</span>)
<span class="ruby-keyword">true</span> <span class="ruby-operator">||</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">puts</span>(<span class="ruby-string">"logical or"</span>)
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<p><em>produces:</em></p>
<pre>or</pre>
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<pre>static VALUE
true_or(VALUE obj, VALUE obj2)
{
return Qtrue;
}</pre>
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