From: William James <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2007-01-22T19:40:04+09:00
Subject: Re: conditional variable assignment from array

Josselin wrote:
> one of my methods receives  a sort parameter either as
>
> params =>  {"sort"=>{"criteria"=>"1"} }
> OR
> params =>  {"sort"=>"1"}
>
> presently,  I assign a variable @sc as follows :
>
> params[:sort].nil? ? @sc = "1" : @sc = params[:sort][:criteria]
>
> how can I assign @sc to params[:sort][:criteria] OR params[:sort]
> whatever received... ?
>
> tfyh
>
> joss

h = {"sort"=>{"criteria"=>{"criterion"=>{"foo"=>"1"}}}}
# Get the innermost value.
while (h = h.to_a.flatten.last).class == Hash do end
p h