From: Antonio Cangiano <acangianohatesspam@...>
Date: 2006-02-02T06:56:46+09:00
Subject: Re: How does one determine an objects class?

John Maclean wrote:
> Say I've got 
> str = IO.read("testfile_for_using_file_open")
> how can Idetermone what class this object belongs to?

John, you can use the Object#class method.
In your case:

str.class

Use "ri class" for more info.

Cheers,
Antonio
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