From: Henrik Hodne <dvyjones@...>
Date: 2009-04-09T18:46:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Hash key : string or symbol!?

You could still loop through them and make them into strings instead  
of symbols.

new_hash = {}
h.each { |k,v| new_hash[k.to_s] = v }

Regards,
Henrik Hodne

On 9 Apr 2009, at 11:40, "Abir B." <abboura84@yahoo.fr> wrote:

> Andrew Timberlake wrote:
>
>>> h = {:a => :b, 2 => 4, :g=> 6 }
>>> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> new_hash = {}
>> hash.each { |k,v| new_hash[k.to_sym] = v }
>> h.each { |k,v| new_hash[k.to_sym] = v }
>>
>
> if we have nubers in the hash that we'll be converted to nil with  
> to_sym
> :
> hash = {:a => :b, 2 => 3, "g"=> 5 }
> => {2=>3, "g"=>5, :a=>:b}
> h = {:a => :b, 2 => 4, :g=> 6 }
> => {:g=>6, 2=>4, :a=>:b}
>
> new_hash = {}
> => {}
> hash.each { |k,v| new_hash[k.to_sym] = v }
> => {2=>3, "g"=>5, :a=>:b}
> h.each { |k,v| new_hash[k.to_sym] = v }
> => {:g=>6, 2=>4, :a=>:b}
> hash
> => {2=>3, "g"=>5, :a=>:b}
> h
> => {:g=>6, 2=>4, :a=>:b}
> new_hash
> => {:g=>6, nil=>4, :a=>:b}
>
> And I can't control the inputs in the hash, so I must treat that by
> myself
> -- 
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>