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Converting Between Strings and Symbols
CodeExpectedActual
:a_symbol.to_s
 "a_symbol" "a_symbol" 
:AnotherSymbol.id2name
 "AnotherSymbol" "AnotherSymbol" 
:"Yet another symbol!".to_s
 "Yet another symbol!" "Yet another symbol!" 
:dodecahedron.object_id
 4565262 4903182 
symbol_name = "dodecahedron"
symbol_name.intern
 :dodecahedron :dodecahedron 
symbol_name.intern.object_id
 4565262 4903182 
"string".object_id
 1503030 -605976086 
"string".object_id
 1500330 -605979006 
:symbol.object_id
 4569358 4907278 
:symbol.object_id
 4569358 4907278 
"string1" == "string2"
 false false 
:symbol1 == :symbol2
 false false