From: 1337p337 <1337p337@...>
Date: 2006-02-23T02:56:16+09:00
Subject: Re: How does one get a String representation of an Array (not to_s)?

Hi,

a.inspect is probably what you're looking for.  'p a' will print it
directly to stdout.

Pete

On 22/02/06, junk5@microserf.org.uk <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
>
>
>