skip_blanks - csv: Ruby Standard Library Documentation

###### Option `skip_blanks`¶ ↑

Specifies a boolean that determines whether blank lines in the input will be ignored; a line that contains a column separator is not considered to be blank.

Default value:

    CSV::DEFAULT_OPTIONS.fetch(:skip_blanks) # => false

See also option skiplines.

For examples in this section:

    str = <<-EOT
    foo,0

    bar,1
    baz,2

    ,
    EOT

Using the default, `false`:

    ary = CSV.parse(str)
    ary # => [["foo", "0"], [], ["bar", "1"], ["baz", "2"], [], [nil, nil]]

Using `true`:

    ary = CSV.parse(str, skip_blanks: true)
    ary # => [["foo", "0"], ["bar", "1"], ["baz", "2"], [nil, nil]]

Using a truthy value:

    ary = CSV.parse(str, skip_blanks: :foo)
    ary # => [["foo", "0"], ["bar", "1"], ["baz", "2"], [nil, nil]]