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instance method

Kernel#String

String(object) → object or new_string

static VALUE
rb_f_string(VALUE obj, VALUE arg)
{
    return rb_String(arg);
}

Returns a string converted from object.

Tries to convert object to a string using to_str first and to_s second:

Example

String([0, 1, 2])        # => "[0, 1, 2]"
String(0..5)             # => "0..5"
String({foo: 0, bar: 1}) # => "{:foo=>0, :bar=>1}"

Raises TypeError if object cannot be converted to a string.

See also #srand #sub #sprintf #syntax_suggest_original_load also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0