method

to_s

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to_s() public

Returns a string representing obj. The default to_s prints the object’s class and an encoding of the object id. As a special case, the top-level object that is the initial execution context of Ruby programs returns “main.”

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/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     obj.to_s    => string
 *  
 *  Returns a string representing <i>obj</i>. The default
 *  <code>to_s</code> prints the object's class and an encoding of the
 *  object id. As a special case, the top-level object that is the
 *  initial execution context of Ruby programs returns ``main.''
 */

VALUE
rb_any_to_s(obj)
    VALUE obj;
{
    const char *cname = rb_obj_classname(obj);
    size_t len;
    VALUE str;

    len = strlen(cname)+6+16;
    str = rb_str_new(0, len); /* 6:tags 16:addr */
    snprintf(RSTRING(str)->ptr, len+1, "#<%s:0x%lx>", cname, obj);
    RSTRING(str)->len = strlen(RSTRING(str)->ptr);
    if (OBJ_TAINTED(obj)) OBJ_TAINT(str);

    return str;
}

to_s

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