Ruby and Chef Syntax - Learning Chef - page 56

<<METHOD_DESCRIPTION
This is a multiline string.

All the whitespace is preserved, and I can even apply #{interpolation} inside
this block.
METHOD_DESCRIPTION

True and False

In addition to the literal true and false , Ruby supports “truthy” and “falsey” values. Ex-
pressions evaluate as true or false in a situation where a boolean result is expected (such as
when they are used in conditionals like the if statement). Table 3-1 demonstrates the com-
mon truthy and falsey values and their actual evaluations.

Table 3-1. Truthy and falsey values

value evaluates as

true true

false false

Bacon true

Object true

0 true

1 true

-1 true

nil false

"" true

[] true

{} true