From: William James <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2005-12-12T01:12:37+09:00
Subject: Re: ordered/sorted hash

Hal Fulton wrote:

> The problem is literals or constants. Nothing I do will ensure that
> the hash  { x=>a, y=>b, z=>c }  will be iterated over in that
> original specified order.


>> [ ['x','a'], ['y','b'], ['z','c'] ].each{|x| p x}
["x", "a"]
["y", "b"]
["z", "c"]

>> [ ['x','a'], ['y','b'], ['z','c'] ].assoc('z')
=> ["z", "c"]