From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-06-03T03:26:20+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Hash to OpenStruct (#81)

On Sat, 3 Jun 2006, Ruby Quiz wrote:

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> by Hans Fugal
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> More than a few times I've wished I could get a nice nested OpenStruct out of
> YAML data, instead of the more unwieldy nested hashes. It's mostly a matter of
> style. It's a straightforward task to convert a nested hash structure into a
> nested OpenStruct, but it's the sort of task that you can do a lot of ways, and
> I'll bet some of you can come up with more elegant and/or more efficient ways
> than I have so far.
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> Here's a sample YAML document to get you started:
>
> 	---
> 	foo: 1
> 	bar:
> 	  baz: [1, 2, 3]
> 	  quux: 42
> 	  doctors:
> 	    - William Hartnell
> 	    - Patrick Troughton
> 	    - Jon Pertwee
> 	    - Tom Baker
> 	    - Peter Davison
> 	    - Colin Baker
> 	    - Sylvester McCoy
> 	    - Paul McGann
> 	    - Christopher Eccleston
> 	    - David Tennant
> 	  a: {x: 1, y: 2, z: 3}

can we make it more realistic?  how bout this a sample data

     ---
     foo: 1
     bar:
       baz: [1, 2, 3]
       quux: 42
       doctors:
         - William Hartnell
         - Patrick Troughton
         - Jon Pertwee
         - Tom Baker
         - Peter Davison
         - Colin Baker
         - Sylvester McCoy
         - Paul McGann
         - Christopher Eccleston
         - David Tennant
       a: {x: 1, y: 2, z: 3}
     table: walnut
     method: linseed oil
     type: contemporary
     id: 1234
     send: fedex

??

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