defining a 'puts' or a 'print' for a class

[Zach Dennis]

I've got a class called Email and right now i have:

class Email
def initialize
....stuff here....
end

def print
return ....stuff here....
end
end


e = Email.new( ...stuff here... )
puts Email.print



But I would love to say:

puts Email

to get the same result.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Zach

 

[Dale Martenson]

class Email
def initialize
....stuff here....
end

def print
return ....stuff here....
end
end


e = Email.new( ...stuff here... )
puts Email.print



But I would love to say:

puts Email

to get the same result.

Any ideas?

You could do something like:

class Email
def initialize(email)
@email = email
end

def to_s
@email
end
end

e = Email.new("(e-mail address removed)")

puts e

Would that work for you?