From: "s.ross" <cwdinfo@...>
Date: 2008-01-02T08:45:33+09:00
Subject: Re: transform hash key from string into symbol

class Hash
   def super_cool_hash_key_string_to_sym_transformation
     self.each_key{|k| k = k.to_sym}
     self
   end
end

-or-

my_hash.each_key{|k| k = k.to_sym}

Either of these work for you?


On Jan 1, 2008, at 3:26 PM, Old Echo wrote:

> Hello Rubyists,
> When dealing with hashes, I like using symbols for key names instead  
> of
> strings. Is there an easy way to convert hash keys from symbols into
> strings?
>
> E.g. I'd like to do something like this:
>
> my_hash = YAML.load_file('my_file.yml')
> => { 'one' => 1, 'two' => 2, 'three' => 3 }
> my_hash.super_cool_hash_key_string_to_sym_transformation #one line of
> code?
> ...
> my_hash
> => { :one => 1, :two => 2, :three => 3 }
>
> Please display your ninja skills. : )
>
> Thanks,
> kodama
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