From: Ralf Mueller <ralf.mueller@...>
Date: 2011-08-19T19:57:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Sorting Ruby hash by value and stored the result in hash.

On 08/19/2011 09:14 AM, Bartosz Dziewoński wrote:
> Hashes are not sorted. (In 1.9.1, there's just the side effect of the
> order of keys not changing randomly.)
>
> To convert an array like the one returned by Hash#sort_by back to
> hash, use Hash[ arr ].
>
> You may also try googling "ordered hash ruby", there are some
> solutions. But it may be simpler to refactor your code, so it doesn'/t
> need to order a hash anymore, or use two objects: regular hash +
> sorted array of its keys.
just an idea: After the sort_by, you could just take the ordered keys for you "sorted" hash access.

regards
ralf