From: Mark Hubbart <discord@...>
Date: 2004-04-27T03:14:43+09:00
Subject: Re: String.undump


On Apr 26, 2004, at 5:59 AM, Szymon Drejewicz wrote:

>
> Is there any way to "undump" dumped string?
>
>         => stringWithNonPrintingChars = "Łódź"
>         => a = [32,stringWithNonPrintingChars].inspect
>         => puts a
>         "[32, \"\\243\\363d\\274\"]"
>         => puts a.undump
>         Łódź

if you need to do it inline:

   [1,2].inspect.instance_eval{eval self} == [1,2]
     ==>true

or write a method:

   class String
     def undump() eval(self) end
   end
     ==>nil
   [1,2].inspect.undump == [1,2]
     ==>true

cheers,
--Mark