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instance method

Complex#inspect

() -> ::String

inspect → string

static VALUE
nucomp_inspect(VALUE self)
{
    VALUE s;

    s = rb_usascii_str_new2("(");
    f_format(self, s, rb_inspect);
    rb_str_cat2(s, ")");

    return s;
}

Returns a string representation of self:

Example

Complex.rect(2).inspect                      # => "(2+0i)"
Complex.rect(-8, 6).inspect                  # => "(-8+6i)"
Complex.rect(0, Rational(1, 2)).inspect      # => "(0+(1/2)*i)"
Complex.rect(0, Float::INFINITY).inspect     # => "(0+Infinity*i)"
Complex.rect(Float::NAN, Float::NAN).inspect # => "(NaN+NaN*i)"

See also #infinite? #magnitude #imaginary #numerator also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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