From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-02-23T02:54:16+09:00
Subject: Re: How does one get a String representation of an Array (not to_s)?

On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 junk5@microserf.org.uk wrote:

> 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

inspect

-a

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