From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2003-01-03T23:42:50+09:00
Subject: Re: sort the hash keys

>>>>> "M" == Mark Probert <probertm@nortelnetworks.com> writes:

M> My mistake.  That should have been

M>           hash_a.sort { |item|  # item is array [key, value]

 I don't understand, sorry, but Hash#sort will use the block to sort the
 hash and item is [[key0, value0], [key1, value1]] 

 no ?

 and you can write it

   hash_a.sort do |(k0, v0), (k1, v1)|
      # compare k0, v0, k1, v1
   end


Guy Decoux