From: "Kroeger, Simon (ext)" <simon.kroeger.ext@...>
Date: 2006-04-27T22:09:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Sorting with Hash

Hi Dinesh!

h = { "c" => 20, "b" => 30, "a" => 10  }
c = h.keys.sort.map{|k| [k, h[k]]}

puts c
puts '======='
puts c[0]

cheers

Simon 

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> Subject: Sorting with Hash
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a hash like this and i want to sort. After sorting i 
> want the key 
> and value seperately. like say
> 
> c=Hash.new
> h = { "c" => 20, "b" => 30, "a" => 10  }
> 
> c = h.sort
> puts c
> ====>which will result in
> a
> 10
> b
> 30
> c
> 20
> 
> puts c[0]
> ===>which will result in
> a
> 10
> 
> Now after we have sorted i want to fetch the individual 
> key/value like 
> we know 'a' is the key and 10 is the value above. How can we get them 
> individually (key/value after we sort)  any methods are there 
> ? pl help 
> me out..
> 
> We are storing the sorted result in another hash c.
> 
> Can we get the individual key/value pairs from this c. (which 
> is sorted) 
> ??
> 
> Or is there any other other way to do ?
> 
> Thank You.
> Dinesh
> 
> 
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