From: Mat Schaffer <schapht@...>
Date: 2006-12-29T13:49:46+09:00
Subject: Re: newbie: what is ruby's var_dump()?


On Dec 28, 2006, at 11:05 PM, Phrogz wrote:

> r wrote:
>> thx
>> -R
>
> Answer #1:
> Perhaps you meant to ask:
> "Hi, I'm used to language AAA, where there is a var_dump()
> function/method that does BBB. How can I do the same thing in Ruby?"
>
> If so, please supply values for AAA and BBB (or at *least* AAA) and  
> I'd
> be happy to help.
>
>
> Answer #2:
> http://www.google.com/search?q=ruby+var_dump
> ...and since I see "PHP" in the title of the first search result, I
> feel compelled to point out that this mailing list is for "Ruby" (the
> programming language), not "Ruby on Rails" (the web development
> framework that uses Ruby the language to get some stuff done). In case
> var_dump() is a PHP function that is web related (and not something
> part of the core language).

I didn't see the original post, but I bet you're looking for one of  
the following:
p
pp
Object#inspect

Or if you really need to get everything contained in an object, I  
generally use #to_yaml.
-Mat