From: Dominic Son <dominicson@...>
Date: 2007-02-09T14:42:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Grouping similar attributes

Looks good. that would've been nifty if there was a function to automate 
this...for now looks like we're rolling our own.. i'll be playing with 
these suggestions. thanks.

SunRaySon wrote:
> This can help you too...
> 
> def ethnic_group(e, n)
> 
>      if @eg.nil?
>         @eg = {}
>      end
> 
>      if @eg[e].nil?
>         @eg[e] = []
>      end
> 
>      @eg[e] << n
>      return @eg
> end
> 
> @eg = nil
> 
> ethnic_group('asian', 'domnic')
> ethnic_group('asian', 'john')
> ethnic_group('spanish', 'rich')
> 
> p @eg


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