From: "Peña, Botp" Date: 2006-04-27T18:26:11+09:00 Subject: Re: I have some problem with convert to symbol, in Hash object John: # I want to convert "name" to :symbol # "name"=>"Ilyas store" ---> :name => "Ilyas store" sample only, irb(main):039:0* h1={"fax"=>"80233923293", "name"=>"Ilyas store"} => {"name"=>"Ilyas store", "fax"=>"80233923293"} irb(main):045:0* h2 = {} irb(main):046:0> h1.each do |k,v| irb(main):048:1> h2[k.to_sym] = v irb(main):049:1> end irb(main):054:0> h2 => {:fax=>"80233923293", :name=>"Ilyas store"} kind regards -botp