From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2007-10-25T18:49:16+09:00
Subject: Re: puts from #!, but with data structure chrome

from: Greg Willits [mailto:lists@gregwillits.ws] 
# Is there a way to run a #! script and cause output using puts (or
# alternative) to actually show an array like ['a', 'b'] instead of just
# ab ?

> a
=> [1, 2]

> b
=> {1=>2, 2=>3}

> p a,b
[1, 2]
{1=>2, 2=>3}

> puts a.inspect, b.inspect
[1, 2]
{1=>2, 2=>3}


in ruby1.9, you can do 

puts a.to_s, b.to_s

and p now returns array result (amazing) like,

> RUBY_VERSION
=> "1.9.0"

> p a,b
[1, 2]
{1=>2, 2=>3}
=> [[1, 2], {1=>2, 2=>3}]

> x=(p a,b)

> p x
[[1, 2], {1=>2, 2=>3}]
=> [[1, 2], {1=>2, 2=>3}]

nice for debugging/testing.

kind regards -botp