From: Soichi Ishida <soujiro0725+rubyforum@...>
Date: 2010-12-09T17:08:43+09:00
Subject: Hash? But variables?

Hi.  I am a little confused with the use of ":" like,

hash = { :water => 'wet', :fire => 'hot' }
puts hash[:fire] # Prints:  hot

in constructing the hash in this example, ":water" is the key for "wet".
I understand that.  But what is the difference between "water" and
":water"?

I am guessing that ":water" works as a variable...but not quite sure.

Sorry if this is a too elementary question.

soichi

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