Help! what is going on here?

[Andrew Walrond]

$ cat test.rb
a = {{"hdparm"=>{"version"=>"5.8"}}=>"uri"}
puts("A.inspect " + a.inspect)

key = {'hdparm'=>{'version'=>'5.8'}}
puts("KEY.inspect " + key.inspect)

puts("a[key].inspect " + a[key].inspect)

# For some reason it works after doing this:
a.each {|key,uri| puts("sprinkle magic dust...") }

puts("a[key].inspect " + a[key].inspect)

$ ruby test.rb
A.inspect {{"hdparm"=>{"version"=>"5.8"}}=>"uri"}
KEY.inspect {"hdparm"=>{"version"=>"5.8"}}
a[key].inspect nil
sprinkle magic dust...
a[key].inspect "uri"

$ ruby --version
ruby 1.8.2 (2004-11-27) [i686-linux]

I'm going for a coffee!

Andrew Walrond

 

[Andrew Walrond]

a.each {|key,uri| puts("sprinkle magic dust...") }

Ok; the coffee worked. I found the 'key'

Andrew