Convert an object to a string with to_s. : Convert to String « String « Ruby






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Convert an object to a string with to_s.

Ruby calls the to_s method from the class of the object, not the String class
parentheses are optional.

(256.0).class # => Float
(256.0).to_s # => "256.0"








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