1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/blank.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/blank.rb
index 38e43478df..164a3c47d0 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/blank.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/blank.rb
@@ -39,9 +39,20 @@ class Object
   #
   #   region = params[:state].presence || params[:country].presence || 'US'
   #
+  # You can also use this with a block that will be yielded if the object is present
+  # and the result of that block will then be returned
+  #
+  #   person.presence { |p| p.name.first } || 'Nobody'
+  #
   # @return [Object]
   def presence
-    self if present?
+    if present?
+      if block_given?
+        yield self
+      else
+        self
+      end
+    end
   end
 end