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instance method
Hash#inspect
hash.inspect → new_string
hash.c
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static VALUE
rb_hash_inspect(VALUE hash)
{
if (RHASH_EMPTY_P(hash))
return rb_usascii_str_new2("{}");
return rb_exec_recursive(inspect_hash, hash, 0);
}
Returns a new String containing the hash entries:
Example
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.inspect # => "{:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}"
Hash#to_s is an alias for Hash#inspect.