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instance method

Hash#to_s

to_s

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);
}

Alias of #inspect

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.

See also #inspect #to_proc #transform_keys #to_hash also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0

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