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Expand Up @@ -494,6 +494,19 @@ defmodule IO do
before: [1, 2, 3]
after: [2, 4, 6]

Inspect truncates large inputs by default, to display large strings or maps use the limit options:

"abc"
|> String.duplicate(9001)
|> IO.inspect(printable_limit: :infinity)

Or for large maps:

1..100
|> Enum.map(& {&1, &1})
|> Enum.into(%{})
|> IO.inspect(limit: :infinity)

"""
@spec inspect(item, inspect_opts) :: item when item: var
def inspect(item, opts \\ []) do
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