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Ruby | Symbol to_sym function

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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
# 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
# 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


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