From: Vikhyat Korrapati <vikhyatk@...>
Date: 2011-06-21T23:51:01+09:00
Subject: Re: How to order a hash based on its keys?

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On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 8:04 PM, I=C3=B1aki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net> wr=
ote:

> Hi, I want to order a hash using itds keys:
>
>  irb> a =3D { 2=3D>"2", 3=3D>"3", 1=3D>"1" }
>  irb> a.sort
>  [[1, "1"], [2, "2"], [3, "3"]]
>
> But I want a resulting hash with keys ordered:
>
>  { 1=3D>"1", 2=3D>"2", 3=3D>"3"}
>
> Is there any efficiente way? (I don't want the hast to be converted to
> an array and the to a hash again).
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> I=C3=B1aki Baz Castillo
> <ibc@aliax.net>
>
>
Atleast according to this StackOverflow question:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4339553/sort-hash-by-key-return-hash-in-=
ruby

Hash[h.sort] seems to be the best way.

Vikhyat Korrapati
http://vikhyat.net/

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