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instance method

Object#itself

obj.itself → obj

static VALUE
rb_obj_itself(VALUE obj)
{
    return obj;
}

Returns the receiver.

Example

string = "my string"
string.itself.object_id == string.object_id   #=> true

See also #is_a? #kind_of? #instance_variable_set #method also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0