accessing object contents

[John Doe]

given
=> #<Dnsruby::Name: www.nbc.com.>

what's the proper way of getting to "www.nbc.com."? is it
with the to_s method?

obj.to_s

 

[Mayank Kohaley]

[Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.]

given
=> #<Dnsruby::Name: www.nbc.com.>

what's the proper way of getting to "www.nbc.com."? is it
with the to_s method?

obj.to_s

Override the to_s method in your class and define it to print out the value
of variable. Then you can call to_s method on the object.

 

[Brian Candler]

John Doe wrote in post #988311:

given
=> #<Dnsruby::Name: www.nbc.com.>

Is that output from irb? irb uses the "inspect" method to display a
value.

what's the proper way of getting to "www.nbc.com."?

Depends entirely on the class in question. Look at the documentation for
Dnsruby::Name, or at the source code, to see what methods are available.