From: matt@... (matt neuburg)
Date: 2009-02-27T06:14:16+09:00
Subject: Re: dynamic variable names or using a variable as another's name

Peter Buckley <jacob14years4rachel@yahoo.com> wrote:

>    bigHash = Hash.new { |h,k| h[k] = [] }
> 
>    p4.run_changes("-m5","//depot/path/...").each {
>    |ch|
>    string1 = ch["change"]
>    bigHash[string1] = string1_hash
>    }
>    puts(bigHash.inspect)
> 
> This iterates 5 times, each time with string1 being equal to a different
> string, so bigHash has 5 keys. The problem I'm having is that the value
> of each of the 5 keys is the same - string1_hash.

Because you *set* them all to string_hash, in this line:

> >    bigHash[string1] = string1_hash

What were you *trying* to do?

Also, don't you have this upside down? I thought we agreed you were
going to have *one* key called string1, whose value was an array, and
you were going to put 5 different things into that array. I don't see
you doing any of that.

m.
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