Ruby | Symbol to_sym function

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

Syntax: Symbol.to_sym()

Parameter: Symbol values

Return: the symbol representation of the symbol object.

Example #1 :

# Ruby code for Symbol.to_sym() method

# declaring Symbol
a = :aBcDeF

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

# declaring Symbol
c = :ABCDEF


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

Output :

Symbol a to_sym form : aBcDeF

Symbol b to_sym form : äöü

Symbol c to_sym form : ABCDEF

Example #2 :

# Ruby code for Symbol.to_sym() method

# declaring Symbol
a = :geeks

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

# declaring Symbol
c = :GEEKS

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

Output :

Symbol a to_sym form : geeks

Symbol b to_sym form : åöó

Symbol c to_sym form : GEEKS