method

inspect

Ruby latest stable (v1_8_7_72) - 0 notes - Class: Hash

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1_8_7_72 (0)
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inspect() public

Return the contents of this hash as a string.

/*
 * call-seq:
 *   hsh.inspect  => string
 *
 * Return the contents of this hash as a string.
 */

static VALUE
rb_hash_inspect(hash)
    VALUE hash;
{
    if (RHASH(hash)->tbl == 0 || RHASH(hash)->tbl->num_entries == 0)
        return rb_str_new2("{}");
    if (rb_inspecting_p(hash)) return rb_str_new2("{...}");
    return rb_protect_inspect(inspect_hash, hash, 0);
}

inspect

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