From: m4dc4p <jgbailey@...>
Date: 2005-12-13T09:12:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Way to combing Hash Definition sans => with %w() ?

Was this question a ringer or what? Seriously, I love how easy Ruby
makes some things. Come on Matz, fess up - this was a plant!

:)

James Edward Gray II wrote:
> On Dec 12, 2005, at 5:25 PM, Dan Diebolt wrote:
>
> > I have a large amount of text pairs (no spaces inthe text) that I
> > need to turn into a hash. Is there a shorcut that will allow me to
> > create the hash without entering the quotes and arrows?
> >
> >   %w(apple bananna orange grape)
> >   => ["apple", "bananna", "orange", "grape"]
> >
> >     Hash["apple","bananna","orange","grape"]
> >   =>{"apple"=>"bananna", "orange"=>"grape"}
>
>  >> Hash[*%w(apple bananna orange grape)]
> => {"apple"=>"bananna", "orange"=>"grape"}
> 
> James Edward Gray II