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---
title: Sum
layout: gem-single
name: dry-types
order: 7
---
You can specify sum types using `|` operator, it is an explicit way of defining what the valid types of a value are.
For example `dry-types` defines the `Bool` type which is a sum consisting of the `True` and `False` types, expressed as `Types::True | Types::False`.
Another common case is defining that something can be either `nil` or something else:
``` ruby
nil_or_string = Types::Nil | Types::String
nil_or_string[nil] # => nil
nil_or_string["hello"] # => "hello"
nil_or_string[123] # raises Dry::Types::ConstraintError
```
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