All checks for nil are a condition, but Ruby provides many ways to check for nil without using an explicit if. Watch out for nil conditional checks behind other syntax:

Explicit if with nil?

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if listing.nil?
  nil
else
  listing.name
end

Using other syntax:

Implicit nil check through truthy conditional

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if listing
  listing.name
end

Relies on nil being falsey

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listing && listing.name

Call to try

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listing.try(:name)