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instance method

Symbol#to_s

sym.to_s → string

VALUE
rb_sym_to_s(VALUE sym)
{
    return str_new_shared(rb_cString, rb_sym2str(sym));
}

Returns the name or string corresponding to sym.

Example

:fred.id2name   #=> "fred"
:ginger.to_s    #=> "ginger"

Note that this string is not frozen (unlike the symbol itself). To get a frozen string, use name.

See also #to_proc #to_sym #to_json #upcase also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1