Inspired by the awesome andand gem.

|| operator works just fine in most of the cases:

false || 'alternative' == 'alternative'
nil || 'alternative' == 'alternative'

However, sometimes you might wish for a different behavior:

'' || 'alternative' == '' 
"\t\n\r" || 'alternative == "\t\n\r"

That's where oror comes in:

false.oror 'alternative' == 'alternative'
nil.oror 'alternative' == 'alternative'
''.oror 'alternative' == 'alternative' 
"\t\n\r".oror 'alternative == 'alternative' 

No more value.present? ? value : 'alternative'.

• Run gem install oror
• or add gem 'oror' into your Gemfile and run bundle install

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