Ruby | Symbol to_s function

Symbol#to_s() : to_s() is a Symbol class method which returns string representation of the symbol object.

Syntax: Symbol.to_s()

Parameter: Symbol values

Return: string representation of the symbol object.

Example #1 :

# Ruby code for Symbol.to_s() method

# declaring Symbol
a = :aBcDeF

# declaring Symbol
b = :"\u{e4 f6 fc}"

# declaring Symbol
c = :ABCDEF


# to_s form
puts "Symbol a to_s form : #{a.to_s}\n\n"
puts "Symbol b to_s form : #{b.to_s}\n\n"
puts "Symbol c to_s form : #{c.to_s}\n\n"

Output :

Symbol a to_s form : aBcDeF

Symbol b to_s form : äöü

Symbol c to_s form : ABCDEF

Example #2 :

# Ruby code for Symbol.to_s() method

# declaring Symbol
a = :geeks

# declaring Symbol
b = :"\u{e5 f6 f3}"

# declaring Symbol
c = :GEEKS


# to_s form
puts "Symbol a to_s form : #{a.to_s}\n\n"
puts "Symbol b to_s form : #{b.to_s}\n\n"
puts "Symbol c to_s form : #{c.to_s}\n\n"

Output :

Symbol a to_s form : geeks

Symbol b to_s form : åöó

Symbol c to_s form : GEEKS

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