From: Joao Silva <rubyforum@...>
Date: 2008-12-10T19:17:59+09:00
Subject: Re: want to search value in nested arrays and return other v

Pierre Pat wrote:
> Are you the one defining the data structure?
> Or is it something you just have to use the way it is?
> 
> Because in this case, a hashmap would make more sense I believe.
I need exactly this structure because it is used in options_for_select() 
in Rails Framework, so i can't change this. A hash is unsorted, and I 
need this sorted.

botp wrote:
> did you really check that? it will always return "value 1" ;)
erm, right :) I meant 'v[1] == value' - thats how I tried it out on my 
computer :)

> def value_name3(value)
>   VALUES.each{|k,v| return k if v== value}
>   ""
> end
Thank you very much, that does the task and works as I wanted to have 
it.
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