From: Hans Mackowiak Date: 2012-05-29T20:37:06+09:00 Subject: Re: how to create 'numbered symbols' in iterator? you can subkeys = {} 4.times do |i| subkeys[:"key#{i}"] = OpenSSL::Digest::SHA256.new.digest("#{i} #{key}") end -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.