method

debug

v2.0.3 - Show latest stable - Class: ActionView::Helpers::DebugHelper

debug(object)

public

Returns a <pre>-tag that has object dumped by YAML. This creates a very readable way to inspect an object.

Example

 my_hash = {'first' => 1, 'second' => 'two', 'third' => [1,2,3]}
 debug(my_hash)

 => <pre class='debug_dump'>---
 first: 1
 second: two
 third:
 - 1
 - 2
 - 3
 </pre>

# File actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/debug_helper.rb, line 20
      def debug(object)
        begin
          Marshal::dump(object)
          "<pre class='debug_dump'>#{h(object.to_yaml).gsub("  ", "&nbsp; ")}</pre>"
        rescue Exception => e  # errors from Marshal or YAML
          # Object couldn't be dumped, perhaps because of singleton methods -- this is the fallback
          "<code class='debug_dump'>#{h(object.inspect)}</code>"
        end
      end

debug

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