source.mihelac.org - Ruby / Rails alternative to PHP print_r() and var_dump() Comments tag:source.mihelac.org,2008:/2006/3/31/ruby-rails-alternative-to-php-print_r-and-var_dump/comments Mephisto Noh-Varr 2008-02-11T05:05:37Z Binny V A tag:source.mihelac.org,2006-03-31:19:1575 2008-02-11T05:05:37Z 2008-02-11T05:05:37Z Comment on 'Ruby / Rails alternative to PHP print_r() and var_dump()' by Binny V A <p>Does ruby(without rails) have any similar function?</p> opl tag:source.mihelac.org,2006-03-31:19:92 2007-05-11T05:26:37Z 2007-05-11T05:26:37Z Comment on 'Ruby / Rails alternative to PHP print_r() and var_dump()' by opl (Oops, text badly enclosed was) What I really need is print_r or var_dump in ruby or RoR, let's google "print_r ruby" opl tag:source.mihelac.org,2006-03-31:19:91 2007-05-11T05:23:49Z 2007-05-11T05:23:49Z Comment on 'Ruby / Rails alternative to PHP print_r() and var_dump()' by opl I just thought 5 minutes ago: &lt;&lt;what need or print_r really in var_dump ruby i ror is>>. Your post will be VERY useful to me, thanks!! Dustin tag:source.mihelac.org,2006-03-31:19:90 2006-12-11T10:11:11Z 2006-12-11T10:11:11Z Comment on 'Ruby / Rails alternative to PHP print_r() and var_dump()' by Dustin As a substitute for print_r, I simply do: [code]p ary[/code] cies tag:source.mihelac.org,2006-03-31:19:89 2006-10-13T04:55:17Z 2006-10-13T04:55:17Z Comment on 'Ruby / Rails alternative to PHP print_r() and var_dump()' by cies i used: object.to_json but i'll deffinitly try the above mentioned Bojan tag:source.mihelac.org,2006-03-31:19:88 2006-07-05T13:46:05Z 2006-07-05T13:46:05Z Comment on 'Ruby / Rails alternative to PHP print_r() and var_dump()' by Bojan PHP <code>isset(var1)</code> can be written as: <code>defined? var1</code> afkm_d tag:source.mihelac.org,2006-03-31:19:87 2006-05-18T10:53:29Z 2006-05-18T10:53:29Z Comment on 'Ruby / Rails alternative to PHP print_r() and var_dump()' by afkm_d Thanks for this hint - nearly got insane... tomtt tag:source.mihelac.org,2006-03-31:19:86 2006-04-20T10:16:43Z 2006-04-20T10:16:43Z Comment on 'Ruby / Rails alternative to PHP print_r() and var_dump()' by tomtt Try pretty print: require 'pp' pp(ENV) Bojan tag:source.mihelac.org,2006-03-31:19:85 2006-03-31T09:30:45Z 2006-03-31T09:30:45Z Comment on 'Ruby / Rails alternative to PHP print_r() and var_dump()' by Bojan Additionaly, <code>isset($_GET['param'])</code>, can be written as <code>params.include?("confirm")</code>.