From: Zach Dennis <zdennis@...>
Date: 2003-11-27T04:02:07+09:00
Subject: Re: defining a 'puts' or a 'print' for a class

Thanks Gavri!

-----Original Message-----
From: Gavri Savio Fernandez [mailto:Gavri_F@infosys.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 1:59 PM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: defining a 'puts' or a 'print' for a class


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zach Dennis [mailto:zdennis@mktec.com]
> Subject: defining a 'puts' or a 'print' for a class

>
> e = Email.new( ...stuff here... )
> puts Email.print
>
>
>
> But I would love to say:
>
> puts Email
>
> to get the same result.
>

if you actually meant
puts e
all you need to do is define the 'to_s' method to return the String you need
to print

class Email
def to_s
      "arbitary string"
end
end

puts e


> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Zach
>
>


Gavri Savio Fernandez
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