is_a

  • We can check if an object instance is of a certain class in Ruby using the Object.is_a? method.

    PHP

    class Car {}
 
$bmw = new Car;
$result = is_a($bmw, "Car");
var_export($result);
// => true

    Ruby

    class Car; end
 
bmw = Car.new
p bmw.is_a?(Car)
# => true

    see also

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