Question

When using something like object.methods.sort.to_yaml I’d like to have irb interpret the \n characters rather than print them.

I currently get the following output:

--- \n- '&'\n- '*'\n- +\n- '-'\n- '<<'\n- <=>\n ... 

What I’d like is something similar to this:

---   - '&'  - '*'  - +  - '-'  - '<<'  - <=> 

Is this possible? Is there another method I can be calling which will interpret the string perhaps?

Answer 1

Prefix your output with puts:

> puts object.methods.sort.to_yaml ---   - '&'  - '*'  - +  - '-'  - '<<'  - <=>  => nil