Rails spinoffs - Dec 2005 - inspect Function

Hi,

I would like to know the practical use of the inspect function.

  inspect: function() {
    return "''" + this.replace(''\\'',
''\\\\'').replace("''",
''\\\'''') + "''";
  }
>From what I gather it is escaping single quote and backslashes.
Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,
Mandy.