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Ruby Ruby Objects and Classes Variables and Methods The to_s method

Jory Braun
Jory Braun
7,814 Points
Posted by Jory Braun
Jory Braun
7,814 Points

where are you calling to_s how is it being called?

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1 Answer

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

at 0:53 he states: Whenever we print something out to the screen using the puts method, internally Ruby is calling to string on it or to_s.

so you dont call the method yourself, ruby calls the to_s method you defined whenever you puts the class

Jory Braun
Jory Braun
7,814 Points
Jory Braun
Jory Braun
7,814 Points

I zoned out when he said that, i realised right after my question.

Vamsi Pavan Mahesh Gunturu
Vamsi Pavan Mahesh Gunturu
4,541 Points

But what about the argument passed in like in puts name, if we over ride to_s to print "bla". What will happen? name will be printed?