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instance method
IO#inspect
inspect → string
io.c
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static VALUE
rb_io_inspect(VALUE obj)
{
rb_io_t *fptr;
VALUE result;
static const char closed[] = " (closed)";
fptr = RFILE(obj)->fptr;
if (!fptr) return rb_any_to_s(obj);
result = rb_str_new_cstr("#<");
rb_str_append(result, rb_class_name(CLASS_OF(obj)));
rb_str_cat2(result, ":");
if (NIL_P(fptr->pathv)) {
if (fptr->fd < 0) {
rb_str_cat(result, closed+1, strlen(closed)-1);
}
else {
rb_str_catf(result, "fd %d", fptr->fd);
}
}
else {
rb_str_append(result, fptr->pathv);
if (fptr->fd < 0) {
rb_str_cat(result, closed, strlen(closed));
}
}
return rb_str_cat2(result, ">");
}
Returns a string representation of self:
Example
f = File.open('t.txt') f.inspect # => "#<File:t.txt>" f.close