Hash question

[Damjan Rems]

I would like to return only part of hash as hash object.

Example:
h = { "a" => 100, "b" => 200, "c" => 300 }
result = h.somemethod('a','c')
# should result in { "a" => 100, "c" => 200}

Is this already build in Hash object or should I start and code it.


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[Axel Etzold]

Hi ---
-------- Original-Nachricht --------

Datum: Mon, 5 May 2008 22:10:31 +0900
Von: Damjan Rems <[email protected]>
An: (e-mail address removed)
Betreff: Hash question

I would like to return only part of hash as hash object.

Example:
h = { "a" => 100, "b" => 200, "c" => 300 }
result = h.somemethod('a','c')
# should result in { "a" => 100, "c" => 200}

Is this already build in Hash object or should I start and code it.


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you can use Hash#select or Hash#delete or Hash#delete_if for tasks like
this.
See some examples in the documentation for Hash:

http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Hash.html#M002898


Best regards,

Axel

 

[Robert Klemme]

Hi ---
-------- Original-Nachricht --------


you can use Hash#select or Hash#delete or Hash#delete_if for tasks like
this.
See some examples in the documentation for Hash:

http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Hash.html#M002898

Unfortunately these return Array instead of Hash.

You can do something like this:

irb(main):006:0> ha = { "a" => 100, "b" => 200, "c" => 300 }
=> {"a"=>100, "b"=>200, "c"=>300}
irb(main):007:0> sel = %w{a c}
=> ["a", "c"]

irb(main):008:0> ha.inject({}) {|h,(k,v)| h[k]=v if sel.include? k;h}
=> {"a"=>100, "c"=>300}

irb(main):012:0> Hash[*ha.select {|k,v| sel.include? k}.flatten]
=> {"a"=>100, "c"=>300}

Kind regards

robert

 

[Yossef Mendelssohn]

2008/5/5 Axel Etzold <[email protected]>:






Unfortunately these return Array instead of Hash.

Kind regards

robert

Fortunately, this bone-headed behavior will be fixed in 1.9. Until
then, you can do what many others do and use Hash#reject with negative
logic.

In other words, instead of

{ "a" => 100, "b" => 200, "c" => 300 }.select { |k, v| %w[a
c].include?(k) }

use

{ "a" => 100, "b" => 200, "c" => 300 }.reject { |k, v| !%w[a
c].include?(k) }

Yes, I like this about as much as you'd think.

 

[Axel Etzold]

Dear Robert,

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Datum: Mon, 5 May 2008 22:42:03 +0900
Von: "Robert Klemme" <[email protected]>
An: (e-mail address removed)
Betreff: Re: Hash question

Unfortunately these return Array instead of Hash.

Hash#delete_if does indeed return a Hash (and I'm using ruby 1.8.6 (2007-06-07 patchlevel 36) [i486-linux]):

h = { "a" => 100, "b" => 200, "c" => 300 }
h.delete_if {|key, value| key >= "b" } #=> {"a"=>100}


So there's no need to code yourself here.
But you're right insofar as Hash#select returns a value and Hash@delete returns an array.


Best regards,

Axel

 

[Damjan Rems]

Here is what I have done:

class Hash
def select_as_hash(*args)
h = {}
args.each {|k| h[k]=self[k] unless self[k].nil? }
h
end
end


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