instance method `inspect`

Ruby on Rails 4.2.9

Since v4.0.13

Available in: v4.0.13 v4.1.16 v4.2.9 v5.2.8.1 v6.0.6 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3 v8.0.4 v8.1.2

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inspect()

Returns the contents of the record as a nicely formatted string.

Source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb, line 444
    def inspect
      # We check defined?(@attributes) not to issue warnings if the object is
      # allocated but not initialized.
      inspection = if defined?(@attributes) && @attributes
                     self.class.column_names.collect { |name|
                       if has_attribute?(name)
                         "#{name}: #{attribute_for_inspect(name)}"
                       end
                     }.compact.join(", ")
                   else
                     "not initialized"
                   end
      "#<#{self.class} #{inspection}>"
    end

Defined in activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb line 444 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveRecord::Core

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