From: Ammar Ali <ammarabuali@...>
Date: 2010-10-15T04:08:08+09:00
Subject: Re: <Class info> from a String.

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>> :/
>>
>> --
>> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>>
>>
> If I understand what you mean, then what you really want is the inspect
> method
> b = a.inspect
> => "#<Hew:0x0000010086c440 @string=\"Broown Cew\">"
>

Or, perhaps, marshal (http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Marshal.html)

Regards,
Ammar