Object#to_s

() -> ::String

obj.to_s → string

VALUE
rb_any_to_s(VALUE obj)
{
    VALUE str;
    VALUE cname = rb_class_name(CLASS_OF(obj));

    str = rb_sprintf("#<%"PRIsVALUE":%p>", cname, (void*)obj);

    return str;
}

Returns a string representing obj. The default to_s prints the object’s class and an encoding of the object id. As a special case, the top-level object that is the initial execution context of Ruby programs returns “main”.

See also #to_enum #to_yaml #singleton_methods #xmp also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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