diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d869b54..cdb5365 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ variety of languages and technologies. These are things that don't really warrant a full blog post. These are mostly things I learn by pairing with smart people at [Hashrocket](http://hashrocket.com/). -_373 TILs and counting..._ +_374 TILs and counting..._ --- @@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ _373 TILs and counting..._ - [Create An Array Containing 1 To N](javascript/create-an-array-containing-1-to-n.md) - [Enable ES7 Transforms With react-rails](javascript/enable-es7-transforms-with-react-rails.md) - [Immutable Remove With The Spread Operator](javascript/immutable-remove-with-the-spread-operator.md) +- [Numbers Are Empty](javascript/numbers-are-empty.md) - [Object Initialization With Shorthand Property Names](javascript/object-initialization-with-shorthand-property-names.md) - [Random Cannot Be Seeded](javascript/random-cannot-be-seeded.md) - [Splat Arguments To A Function](javascript/splat-arguments-to-a-function.md) diff --git a/javascript/numbers-are-empty.md b/javascript/numbers-are-empty.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fbae9a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/javascript/numbers-are-empty.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +# Numbers Are Empty + +The [`lodash`](https://lodash.com/) project comes with a ton of handy +JavaScript utilities including the +[`_.isEmpty()`](https://lodash.com/docs#isEmpty) function. This is great for +checking if Arrays, Objects, and Strings are _empty_. The following is how +this function is defined in the docs: + +> Checks if value is an empty collection or object. A value is considered +> empty if it's an arguments object, array, string, or jQuery-like +> collection with a length of 0 or has no own enumerable properties. + +Having not examined this definition too closely and because I primarily +write Rails code from day to day, I conflated `_.isEmpty()` with the +`#blank?` method provided by Rails' `ActiveSupport`. This holds true for the +most part, but quickly defies expectations when it comes to numbers. + +```javascript +> _.isEmpty(1) +// true +```