method

p

v1_9_1_378 - Show latest stable - Class: Kernel

p(*args)

public

For each object, directly writes obj.inspect followed by the current output record separator to the program’s standard output.

S = Struct.new(:name, :state)
s = S['dave', 'TX']
p s

produces:

#<S name="dave", state="TX">

static VALUE
rb_f_p(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
    int i;
    VALUE ret = Qnil;

    for (i=0; i<argc; i++) {
        rb_p(argv[i]);
    }
    if (argc == 1) {
        ret = argv[0];
    }
    else if (argc > 1) {
        ret = rb_ary_new4(argc, argv);
    }
    if (TYPE(rb_stdout) == T_FILE) {
        rb_io_flush(rb_stdout);
    }
    return ret;
}

p

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