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Ruby Array Extension Method To Return Array Elements As Quoted Strings
// Ruby Array extension method to return array elements as quoted strings
class Array
def to_quoted_s(q="'")
"#{q}#{self.join("#{q}, #{q}")}#{q}"
end
end
Example:
a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']
puts a.to_s # abcde
puts a.to_quoted_s # 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'
puts a.to_quoted_s("\"") # "a", "b", "c", "d", "e"
