From: Tony Arcieri <tony.arcieri@...>
Date: 2012-01-04T10:30:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Looping through an array of hashes? help

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On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Shawn M. <stress4@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm new any ideas?
>
> require "rubygems"
> require "watir"
>
> x = 0
> createDailyHash()
> $ie = Watir::IE.new
>
> $testDailies.each{ |i|
> $ie.goto $testDailies[x]["Link"]
> x = x + 1
> }
>

The each { |i| there doesn't give you an index like you're expecting.
Instead, it gives you an object. Because of this, you don't need an i or an
x there. You just need a variable to receive the hash.

I cleaned your example up into a bit more idiomatic Ruby:

https://gist.github.com/1557924/0145399c2346044779cfa9bd9b4fe08ec00aac79

Just for fun, here's a version that stores the array of data you're
populating at the end of the script as a YAML file ;)

https://gist.github.com/1557924/56b61f69e5600f0f080ab775e62cac45151fd188



>
>
>
>
> def createDailyHash()
>
> $testDailies = Array.new
>
>  $testDailies[0] = {"Name" => "jelly", "Link" =>
> "http://www.google.com", "ID" => "0"}
>  $testDailies[1] = {"Name" => "omelette", "Link" =>
> "http://www.google.com", "ID" => "1"},
>  $testDailies[2] = {"Name" => "giveaway", "Link" =>
> "http://www.google.com", "ID" => "2"},
>  $testDailies[3] = {"Name" => "bankInterest", "Link" =>
> "http://www.google.com", "ID" => "3"},
>  $testDailies[4] = {"Name" => "shopOfOffers", "Link" =>
> "http://www.google.com", "ID" => "4"},
>  $testDailies[5] = {"Name" => "petPark", "Link" =>
> "http://www.google.com", "ID" => "5"},
>  $testDailies[6] = {"Name" => "freebies", "Link" =>
> "http://www.google.com", "ID" => "6"},
>  $testDailies[7] = {"Name" => "obsidian", "Link" =>
> "http://www.google.com", "ID" => "7"},
>  $testDailies[8] = {"Name" => "appleBobbing", "Link" =>
> "http://www.google.com", "ID" => "8"},
>  $testDailies[9] = {"Name" => "anchor", "Link" =>
> "http://www.google.com", "ID" => "9"},
>  $testDailies[10] = {"Name" => "advert", "Link" =>
> "http://www.google.com", "ID" => "10"},
>  $testDailies[11] = {"Name" => "tombola", "Link" =>
> "http://www.google.com", "ID" => "11"},
>  $testDailies[12] = {"Name" => "nowager", "Link" =>
> "http://www.google.com", "ID" => "12"},
>  $testDailies[13] = {"Name" => "fruitMachine", "Link" =>
> "http://www.google.com", "ID" => "13"},
>  $testDailies[14] = {"Name" => "coltazan", "Link" =>
> "http://www.google.com", "ID" => "14"},
>  $testDailies[15] = {"Name" => "tdmbgpop", "Link" =>
> "http://www.google.com", "ID" => "15"
> end
>
> Attachments:
> http://www.ruby-forum.com/attachment/6883/testHashLoop.rb
>
>
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> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>


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Tony Arcieri

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