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instance method

Data#to_s

() -> ::String

to_s → string

static VALUE
rb_data_inspect(VALUE s)
{
    return rb_exec_recursive(inspect_struct, s, rb_str_new2("#<data"));
}

Alias of #inspect

Returns a string representation of self:

Example

Measure = Data.define(:amount, :unit)

distance = Measure[10, 'km']

p distance  # uses #inspect underneath
#<data Measure amount=10, unit="km">

puts distance  # uses #to_s underneath, same representation
#<data Measure amount=10, unit="km">

See also #inspect #to_h #with #members also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2

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