From: Gabe Boyer <gboyer@...>
Date: 2006-07-29T00:32:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Using a '-' in a Key name in a Hash

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On 7/28/06, Andrew Knott <aknott@mac.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> This a ruby question but it comes up in the context of Rails, hope that
> is OK.
>
> I am trying to to consume a web service that has a structure element
> called 'remote-ip'. (as below)
>
> result = server.call("IsValid",
> {:username=>"me",:password=>"pass",:remote-ip=>request.remote_ip
> },@formattednumber)
>
>
> This ofcourse doesn't work right now because I can't have a '-' in a key
> name? Is there any way around this or am I screwed?
>
> thanks so much for any help.
>
> Andrew
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>
You can have '-' in a key name, you simply can't have '-' in a symbol
literal. You can create the proper symbol like so:

remote_ip = :"remote-ip"

-Gabe

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