From: Mage <mage@...>
Date: 2008-08-07T04:18:31+09:00
Subject: Re: hash from string

Tim Pease wrote:
> str = ' "gaz"=>"1", "viz"=>"1", "lift"=>"0", "kamra"=>"1", "klima"=>"0" '
>
> h = {}
> str.split(',').each do |substr|
>   ary = substr.strip.split('=>')
>   h[ary.first.tr('"','')] = ary.last.tr('"','')
> end
>
>
> But that won't handle nested values -- that's left for someone else 
> with more time than me.
Won't even work if any of the values contains a comma.

       Mage