From: nobu@...
Date: 2005-12-13T00:34:30+09:00
Subject: Re: String.to_sym?

Hi,

At Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:27:38 +0900,
Mark J.Reed wrote in [ruby-talk:170247]:
> >is there a String#to_sym method anywhere in the
> >statndard lib? i couldnt find anything like that
> >but maybe i missed it.
> 
> It's called "intern", because Ruby internalizes the string into a symbol.

String#to_sym is also an alias in 1.8 or later.

-- 
Nobu Nakada