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instance method

String#to_s

to_s → self or string

static VALUE
rb_str_to_s(VALUE str)
{
    if (rb_obj_class(str) != rb_cString) {
        return str_duplicate(rb_cString, str);
    }
    return str;
}

Returns self if self is a String, or self converted to a String if self is a subclass of String.

String#to_str is an alias for String#to_s.

See also #to_r #tosjis #tolocale #to_str also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0

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