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instance method

String#inspect

str.inspect → string

Returns a printable version of str, surrounded by quote marks, with special characters escaped.

Example
str = "hello"
str[3] = "\b"
str.inspect       #=> "\"hel\\bo\""
See also #insert #intern #initialize_copy #iseuc also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1