Re: p vs. print

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 8:40 PM, Quintus <sutn...@gmx.net> wrote:

> Am 02.09.2010 21:23, schrieb Alex Stahl:> > Ruby uses "puts", not "print".  "p" is short for "puts".> > Try this:> > puts ary1> > You'll get the same results as:> > p ary1>>
This is definitely wrong. #p is quite another method than #puts and yet
>  another than #print. Look at this ...

 And as another example of the differences:
class P
  def inspect(); "P#inspect"; end
  def to_s(); "P#to_s"; end
end

q = P.new
puts "p"
p q         #=> "P#inspect"
puts "puts"
puts q     #=> "P#to_s"
puts "print"
print q
puts ":: just after print"
              #=> "P#to_s:: just after print"