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instance method

Object#instance_of?

obj.instance_of?(class) → true or false

VALUE
rb_obj_is_instance_of(VALUE obj, VALUE c)
{
    c = class_or_module_required(c);
    return RBOOL(rb_obj_class(obj) == c);
}

Returns true if obj is an instance of the given class. See also Object#kind_of?.

Example

class A;     end
class B < A; end
class C < B; end

b = B.new
b.instance_of? A   #=> false
b.instance_of? B   #=> true
b.instance_of? C   #=> false

See also #inspect #instance_variable_defined? #hash #instance_variable_get also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0