From: Devin Mullins <twifkak@...>
Date: 2005-07-02T08:22:35+09:00
Subject: Re: no clue

Joe Van Dyk wrote:

>Here's my initial attempt, which works, but seems hackish:
>
>      attributes = message.split(",")
>      attributes.each do |attribute|
>        key, value = attribute.scan(/(\w+): (.+)/)[0]
>        result_hash[key.to_sym] = value.strip 
>      end
>  
>
Slightly more readable:

result_hash = {}
attributes = message.split(",")
attributes.each do |attribute|
  key, value = *attribute.match(/(\w+): (.+)/).captures
  result_hash[key.to_sym] = value.strip 
end


Yet more readable:

result_hash = {}
attributes = message.split ","
attributes.each do |attribute|
  key, value = *attribute.split(": ",2)
  result_hash[key.to_sym] = value.strip 
end

Not sure:
attributes = message.split ","
result_hash = attributes.inject {} do |hash,attribute|
  key, value = *attribute.split(": ",2)
  hash[key.to_sym] = value.strip
  hash
end

>Also, this will get ran potentially thousands of times per second, so
>executation speed is of some concern.
>  
>
No clue.

Devin