From: jeff_alexander_44@...
Date: 2007-03-25T00:25:11+09:00
Subject: Hash#map_pairs

class Hash
   def map_pairs
      result = Array.new
      self.each_pair { |k, v|
         result << yield(k, v)
      }
      result
   end
end

h = {
   "a" => "x",
   "b" => "y",
}
puts h.map_pairs { |k, v| "#{k} => #{v}" }.join(", ")

I was surprised to discover there was no Hash#map_pairs.  I have found
that chaining transformations is usually better than the
iterative/imperative style implied by Hash#each_pair.

On second thought, it looks like this does the same thing:

puts h.to_a.map { |k, v| "#{k} => #{v}" }.join(", ")

But this fails to convey the programmer's idea in the same way that
map_pairs does.  It is also needlessly inefficient, using a whole
extra temp array.