- puts: Outputs value with newline, returns nil, calls
.to_s
- print: Outputs value without newline, returns nil, calls
.to_s
- p: Outputs inspected value with newline, returns the value, calls
.inspect
puts "Hello" # Hello\n (returns nil)
print "Hello" # Hello (returns nil)
p "Hello" # "Hello"\n (returns "Hello")