> i got a hash

> { '1' => 'some', '4' => 'thing', '6' => 'good' }

> and i want to turn it into

> { '1' => {'name' => 'some'}, '4' => {'name' => 'thing'}, '6' =>
> {'name'=>'good'} }

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> should work.

> Not sure if there's a prettier solution.

> Aur

> On 7/16/07, Shai Rosenfeld <shaigui...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > hi,
> > was wondering what the prettiest way to do the below would be:

> > i got a hash

> > { '1' => 'some', '4' => 'thing', '6' => 'good' }

> > and i want to turn it into

> > { '1' => {'name' => 'some'}, '4' => {'name' => 'thing'}, '6' =>
> > {'name'=>'good'} }

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> > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

> i got a hash

> { '1' => 'some', '4' => 'thing', '6' => 'good' }

> and i want to turn it into

> { '1' => {'name' => 'some'}, '4' => {'name' => 'thing'}, '6' =>
> {'name'=>'good'} }

> > i got a hash

> > { '1' => 'some', '4' => 'thing', '6' => 'good' }

> > and i want to turn it into

> > { '1' => {'name' => 'some'}, '4' => {'name' => 'thing'}, '6' =>
> > {'name'=>'good'} }

> Dunno, I can think of a couple of ways:

> a.each {|key,value| a[key] = {'name' => value}}

> a.inject({}) {|mem,(key,value)| mem[key] = {'name' => value}; mem }

> > > i got a hash

> > > { '1' => 'some', '4' => 'thing', '6' => 'good' }

> > > and i want to turn it into

> > > { '1' => {'name' => 'some'}, '4' => {'name' => 'thing'}, '6' =>
> > > {'name'=>'good'} }

> > Dunno, I can think of a couple of ways:

> > a.each {|key,value| a[key] = {'name' => value}}

> Are you allowed to do this?

> > or

> > a.inject({}) {|mem,(key,value)| mem[key] = {'name' => value}; mem }

> Wow, thanks for showing me a new idea.

> Aur

> > Are you allowed to do this?

> Why not? Seem to work here.

>> > Are you allowed to do this?

>> Why not? Seem to work here.

> I was taught not to modify a structure I'm #each ing on...

> Does this not apply when you only modify substructures of it?

> Aur

> >> > Are you allowed to do this?

> >> Why not? Seem to work here.

> > I was taught not to modify a structure I'm #each ing on...

> > Does this not apply when you only modify substructures of it?

> > Aur

> I think that only applies for insert/delete. As e.g. with an array it
> may happen that elements are left out if you delete them wile iterating,
> or that you iterate over a newly create value (which you might not want
> to)

> Regards
> Stefan

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> > a.inject({}) {|mem,(key,value)| mem[key] = {'name' => value}; mem }

> I would write that as:

>    a.inject(Hash.new) { |h, (k, v)| h.merge(k => v) }

> James Edward Gray II

>> > a.inject({}) {|mem,(key,value)| mem[key] = {'name' => value}; mem }

>> I would write that as:

>>    a.inject(Hash.new) { |h, (k, v)| h.merge(k => v) }

>> James Edward Gray II

> But that doesn't yield what he wanted... You could do
> a.inject(Hash.new){|h,(k,v)| h.merge(k => { 'name' => value})}