From: Duane Johnson <duane.johnson@...>
Date: 2006-05-12T08:43:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Newb question - object type tests?


On May 11, 2006, at 5:32 PM, Adam Bloom wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I feel like I definitely should know this, but how do you test the  
> type
> of an object? For example:
>
> item = ["hello"]
> item.array?
>> true
item.is_a? Array
=> true
item.class
=> Array

> item = "hello"
> item.array?
>> false
item.is_a? Array
=> false
item.class
=> String

>
> extending that, how do I test the type of a class that I made?
>
It's built in to all classes (that derive from the Object class, and  
all classes do).

Duane Johnson
(canadaduane)