Ruby Array into string with brackets

Question

I have an array like so: ["data","data2"]

What would be the most Ruby-like way to convert this into a string with brackets included: "['data','data2']"

Thanks

@rubish It will escape the double quotes. I think the op want to use single quotes. — SwiftMango
– SwiftMango, Commented May 25, 2012 at 17:58

bta · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-25 17:56:44Z

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I can't say how "ruby-ish" this is, but it's what I would typically do:

puts "['" + array_of_strings.join("','") + "']"

answered May 25, 2012 at 17:56

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"['#{array_of_strings.join("','")}']" looks better to me