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to_sym

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to_sym() public

Returns the symbol whose integer value is fix. See also Fixnum#id2name.

fred = :fred.to_i
fred.id2name   #=> "fred"
fred.to_sym    #=> :fred

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/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     fix.to_sym -> aSymbol
 *
 *  Returns the symbol whose integer value is <i>fix</i>. See also
 *  <code>Fixnum#id2name</code>.
 *
 *     fred = :fred.to_i
 *     fred.id2name   #=> "fred"
 *     fred.to_sym    #=> :fred
 */

static VALUE
fix_to_sym(fix)
    VALUE fix;
{
    ID id = FIX2UINT(fix);

    if (rb_id2name(id)) {
        return ID2SYM(id);
    }
    return Qnil;
}

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