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# Symbol

Returns the integer corresponding to a symbol.

Use Fixnum#to\_sym to obtain the symbol corresponding to this integer.

```
p :foo.to_i                         # => 8881
p :foo.to_i.to_sym                  # => :foo
```

In Ruby, reserved words, variable names, method names, and the like are controlled by these integers. Integers corresponding to objects (obtained via Object#object\_id) and those corresponding to symbols are separate items.