From: "Peña, Botp" Date: 2008-10-09T12:06:22+09:00 Subject: Re: Filling a hash from an enumerable From: Peña, Botp [mailto:botp@delmonte-phil.com] # >> people_array.map{ |p| p.name } # => ["bob", "dave", "jane"] pls ignore above, i'm still searching my lost brain :) try #group_by, > people_array.group_by{ |p| p.name } => {"bob"=>[#], "dave"=>[#], "jane"=>[#]}