How to implement Yes/No instead of Boolean for certain cases in Rails?

Question

I\'m a newb at programming but in my application I want certain cases to display \"yes\" or \"no\" instead of \"true\" or \"false\". I\'m not sure the best way to do this,

Answer 1

Assuming you have :boolean attribute in your model/database, you can do this:

class Foo < ActiveRecord::Base
  def bar
    self[:bar] ? 'Yes' : 'No'
  end
end

The whenever you want the "Yes"/"No" value, call @foo.bar. Whenever you want the true/false value, call @foo.bar? or @foo[:bar].