From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2008-06-18T18:48:50+09:00
Subject: Re: hash, key, problem...

On 18 Jun., 11:39, psy <p...@matt-schwarz.com> wrote:
> Hallo people,
> I cant get something done since a while. Its very basic stuff.. :(
>
> I have the following hash for example :
> hash = { $-a => "info", $F => "another info"}
> and so on, you get the meaning..
> Now i use Hash#each_pair so i get the value of the variables and the
> info, but I would like also to get a simple string, containing
> the name of the variable, so it should look like this :
> $-a
> info
> false
>
> $F
> another info
> nil
>
> But I cant get it done. Its probably very stupid question, but doesnt
> matter what I try - i dont get the name of the key, i always get the
> key itself returned... Can somebody help me?
> Thanks in advance.

Then just put the names in the Hash as keys.

hash = { "$-a" => "info", "$F" => "another info"}
hash = { "$-a" => [$-a, "info"], "$F" => [$F, "another info"]}

Btw, what are you trying to accomplish?

robert