Defining a 'puts' or a 'print' for a class

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From: Zach Dennis [mailto:zdennis@mktec.com]
Subject: defining a ‘puts’ or a ‘print’ for a class

e = Email.new( …stuff here… )
puts Email.print

But I would love to say:

puts Email

to get the same result.

if you actually meant
puts e
all you need to do is define the ‘to_s’ method to return the String you need to print

class Email
def to_s
“arbitary string”
end
end

puts e

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Zach

Gavri Savio Fernandez

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Thanks Gavri!

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-----Original Message-----
From: Gavri Savio Fernandez [mailto:Gavri_F@infosys.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 1:59 PM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: defining a ‘puts’ or a ‘print’ for a class

-----Original Message-----
From: Zach Dennis [mailto:zdennis@mktec.com]
Subject: defining a ‘puts’ or a ‘print’ for a class

e = Email.new( …stuff here… )
puts Email.print

But I would love to say:

puts Email

to get the same result.

if you actually meant
puts e
all you need to do is define the ‘to_s’ method to return the String you need
to print

class Email
def to_s
“arbitary string”
end
end

puts e

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Zach

Gavri Savio Fernandez

I can’t stand cheap people. It makes me real mad when someone says something
like, “Hey, when are you going to pay me that $100 you owe me?” or “Do you
have that $50 you borrowed?” Man, quit being so cheap! - Jack handy