From: Leo Laursen <1858323m001@...1.stofanet.dk>
Date: 2001-12-12T00:58:26+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:28235] Re: Hash.keys Q

Den 12-12 2001 kl. 12:26:31 +0900, skrev ts:

>> Now options.keys returns ["Password", "Host", "Port", "Name"]
>> I would expect ["Host", "Port", "Name", "Password"]
>> is there an explanation for this ?

>  Yes, the order of the keys in an Hash depend of the hash function. For
>  example in your case, the order is given by

> pigeon% cat b.rb
> #!/usr/bin/ruby
> ["Password", "Host", "Port", "Name"].each do |key|
>    puts "#{key} -- #{key.hash % 10}"
> end
> pigeon% 

> pigeon% b.rb
> Password -- 2
> Host -- 7
> Port -- 8
> Name -- 9
> pigeon% 

>  10 is the default size value when ruby build an Hash

This is excellent!
To be honest i don't understand it fully, but at least I know what to
look for in my studies. Thanks.

Leo
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