method

inspect

v1_9_1_378 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: String

inspect() public

Returns a printable version of str, surrounded by quote marks, with special characters escaped.

str = "hello"
str[3] = "\b"
str.inspect       #=> "\"hel\\bo\""

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VALUE
rb_str_inspect(VALUE str)
{
    rb_encoding *enc = STR_ENC_GET(str);
    char *p, *pend;
    VALUE result = rb_str_buf_new(0);

    if (!rb_enc_asciicompat(enc)) enc = rb_usascii_encoding();
    rb_enc_associate(result, enc);
    str_cat_char(result, '"', enc);
    p = RSTRING_PTR(str); pend = RSTRING_END(str);
    while (p < pend) {
        unsigned int c, cc;
        int n;

        n = rb_enc_precise_mbclen(p, pend, enc);
        if (!MBCLEN_CHARFOUND_P(n)) {
            p++;
            n = 1;
            goto escape_codepoint;
        }
        n = MBCLEN_CHARFOUND_LEN(n);

        c = rb_enc_codepoint(p, pend, enc);
        n = rb_enc_codelen(c, enc);

        p += n;
        if (c == '"'|| c == '\\' ||
            (c == '#' &&
             p < pend &&
             MBCLEN_CHARFOUND_P(rb_enc_precise_mbclen(p,pend,enc)) &&
             (cc = rb_enc_codepoint(p,pend,enc),
              (cc == '$' || cc == '@' || cc == '{')))) {
            prefix_escape(result, c, enc);
        }
        else if (c == '\n') {
            prefix_escape(result, 'n', enc);
        }
        else if (c == '\r') {
            prefix_escape(result, 'r', enc);
        }
        else if (c == '\t') {
            prefix_escape(result, 't', enc);
        }
        else if (c == '\f') {
            prefix_escape(result, 'f', enc);
        }
        else if (c == '\013') {
            prefix_escape(result, 'v', enc);
        }
        else if (c == '\010') {
            prefix_escape(result, 'b', enc);
        }
        else if (c == '\007') {
            prefix_escape(result, 'a', enc);
        }
        else if (c == 033) {
            prefix_escape(result, 'e', enc);
        }
        else if (rb_enc_isprint(c, enc)) {
            rb_enc_str_buf_cat(result, p-n, n, enc);
        }
        else {
            char buf[5];
            char *s;
            char *q;

          escape_codepoint:
            for (q = p-n; q < p; q++) {
                s = buf;
                sprintf(buf, "\\x%02X", *q & 0377);
                while (*s) {
                    str_cat_char(result, *s++, enc);
                }
            }
        }
    }
    str_cat_char(result, '"', enc);

    OBJ_INFECT(result, str);
    return result;
}

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