From: junk5@...
Date: 2006-02-23T02:48:32+09:00
Subject: How does one get a String representation of an Array (not to_s)?

Hi all

(I know about to_s --- that isn't what this post is about!)

Say I have an array that I create with:

a = [1, 2, [3, 4], 5]

At the irb prompt, Ruby replies:

=> [1, 2, [3, 4], 5]

So how do I get a String containing "[1, 2, [3, 4], 5]"? Doing a.to_s
gives me "12345", which is not what I want.

I need this for debugging purposes and would rather not have to write
my own array printer. It must be easy, but I can't see which function I
should use.

Thanks in advace,

C