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instance method

Array#inspect

array.inspect → new_string

static VALUE
rb_ary_inspect(VALUE ary)
{
    if (RARRAY_LEN(ary) == 0) return rb_usascii_str_new2("[]");
    return rb_exec_recursive(inspect_ary, ary, 0);
}

Returns the new String formed by calling method inspect on each array element:

Example

a = [:foo, 'bar', 2]
a.inspect # => "[:foo, \"bar\", 2]"

Array#to_s is an alias for Array#inspect.

See also #insert #intersection #initialize_copy #join also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1

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