Inspect

[Amir Ebrahimifard]

Hi
What is the use of "inspect"?
for example in this code:

array = [1,2,3,4,5]
# => [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
array2 = [1, "2", 3.0, ["a", "b"], "dog"]
# => [1, "2", 3.0, ["a", "b"], "dog"]
array.inspect
# => "[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]"
array
# => [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
puts array
# 1
# 2
# 3
# 4
# 5
# => nil
puts array.inspect
# [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
# => nil
puts array2.inspect
# [1, "2", 3.0, ["a", "b"], "dog"]
# => nil

 

[Jean-Julien Fleck]

Hi
What is the use of "inspect"?

~> ri Object.inspect
--------------------------------------------------------- Object#inspect
obj.inspect =3D> string
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Returns a string containing a human-readable representation of
_obj_. If not overridden, uses the +to_s+ method to generate the
string.

[ 1, 2, 3..4, 'five' ].inspect #=3D> "[1, 2, 3..4, \"five\"]"
Time.new.inspect #=3D> "Wed Apr 09 08:54:39 CDT 200=
3"

Cheers,

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