Hash merge question

[Random Qu]

Hi All,
I have 2 hashes like this.

h1 = {
a1 => [y1, y2, y3],
a2 => [y4, y5, y6]
}
h2 = {
a2 => [z1, z2, z3],
a3 => [z4, z5, z6]
}

And I nedd to merge them into something like this.

h = {
a1 => [[y1, y2, y3] , []]
a2 => [[y4, y5, y6] , [z1, z2, z3]]
a3 => [[] , [z4, z5, z6]]
}

What's the best way of doing this?
Thanks a lot for your help!
- RQ

 

[Brian Candler]

What's the best way of doing this?

Why don't you show us what you've done so far, whether or not it works,
and then we can suggest whether there are improvements which can be
made.

Regards,

Brian.

 

[Florian Kaufmann]

#!/usr/bin/ruby
h1 = {
:a1 => [:y1, :y2, :y3],
:a2 => [:y4, :y5, :y6]
}
h2 = {
:a2 => [:z1, :z2, :z3],
:a3 => [:z4, :z5, :z6]
}
h = {}
(h1.keys + h2.keys).each {|k| h[k] = [[],[]] }
h = h1.to_a.inject(h) { |i,kv| i[kv[0]][0] = kv[1]; i }
h = h2.to_a.inject(h) { |i,kv| i[kv[0]][1] = kv[1]; i }
p h

gives

{:a2=>[[:y4, :y5, :y6], [:z1, :z2, :z3]], :a1=>[[:y1, :y2, :y3],
[]], :a3=>[[], [:z4, :z5, :z6]]}

 

[Random Qu]

Thanks Florian!
That's what I was after.

 

[Stefan Rusterholz]

A little bit simpler:

result = {}
(h1.keys | h2.keys).each { |key| result[key] = [(h1[key] || []),
(h2[key] || []) }

No need to abuse inject.

Regards
Stefan

#!/usr/bin/ruby
h1 = {
:a1 => [:y1, :y2, :y3],
:a2 => [:y4, :y5, :y6]
}
h2 = {
:a2 => [:z1, :z2, :z3],
:a3 => [:z4, :z5, :z6]
}
h = {}
(h1.keys + h2.keys).each {|k| h[k] = [[],[]] }
h = h1.to_a.inject(h) { |i,kv| i[kv[0]][0] = kv[1]; i }
h = h2.to_a.inject(h) { |i,kv| i[kv[0]][1] = kv[1]; i }
p h

gives

{:a2=>[[:y4, :y5, :y6], [:z1, :z2, :z3]], :a1=>[[:y1, :y2, :y3],
[]], :a3=>[[], [:z4, :z5, :z6]]}