From: Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...>
Date: 2010-10-15T03:27:42+09:00
Subject: Re: <Class info> from a String.

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On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Huw Taylor <huw_taylor@hotmail.co.uk>wrote:

> If I were to have this:
>
> class Hew
>  def initialize(string)
>    @string = string
>  end
>  def other_method
>  end
> end
>
> a = Hew.new("Broown Cew")
> => #<Hew:0x40e8238 @string = "Broown Cew">
>
> b = a.to_s
> => "#<Hew:0x40e8238>"
>
> My question is: Is there anyway to get the class (and its info) from b
> (i.e what is now a string)?
>
> I see that changing it to a string loses the @string = "Broown Cew" bit.
> :/
>
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>
>
If I understand what you mean, then what you really want is the inspect
method
b = a.inspect
=> "#<Hew:0x0000010086c440 @string=\"Broown Cew\">"

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