From: Quintus <sutniuq@...>
Date: 2010-09-03T04:40:45+09:00
Subject: Re: p vs. print

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Am 02.09.2010 21:23, schrieb Alex Stahl:
> Ruby uses "puts", not "print".  "p" is short for "puts".
> 
> Try this:
> 
> puts ary1
> 
> You'll get the same results as:
> 
> p ary1
> 
> 

This is definitely wrong. #p is quite another method than #puts and yet
another than #print. Look at this:

irb(main):001:0> puts [1, 2, 3]
1
2
3
=> nil
irb(main):002:0> p [1, 2, 3]
[1, 2, 3]
=> [1, 2, 3]
irb(main):003:0> print [1, 2, 3]
[1, 2, 3]=> nil
irb(main):004:0>

Vale,
Marvin
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