I have an array of hashes like so:
[{"testPARAM1"=>"testVAL1"}, {"testPARAM2"=>"testVAL2"}]
And I'm trying to map this onto single hash like this:
{"testPARAM2"=>"testVAL2", "testPARAM1"=>"testVAL1"}
I have achieved it using
par={}
mitem["params"].each { |h| h.each {|k,v| par[k]=v} }
But I was wondering if it's possible to do this in a more idiomatic way (preferably without using a local variable).
How can I do this?
You could compose Enumerable#reduce
and Hash#merge
to accomplish what you want.
input = [{"testPARAM1"=>"testVAL1"}, {"testPARAM2"=>"testVAL2"}]
input.reduce({}, :merge)
is {"testPARAM2"=>"testVAL2", "testPARAM1"=>"testVAL1"}
Reducing an array sort of like sticking a method call between each element of it.
For example [1, 2, 3].reduce(0, :+)
is like saying 0 + 1 + 2 + 3
and gives 6
.
In our case we do something similar, but with the merge function, which merges two hashes.
[{:a => 1}, {:b => 2}, {:c => 3}].reduce({}, :merge)
is {}.merge({:a => 1}.merge({:b => 2}.merge({:c => 3})))
is {:a => 1, :b => 2, :c => 3}
How about:
h = [{"testPARAM1"=>"testVAL1"}, {"testPARAM2"=>"testVAL2"}]
r = h.inject(:merge)
Use #inject
hashes = [{"testPARAM1"=>"testVAL1"}, {"testPARAM2"=>"testVAL2"}]
merged = hashes.inject({}) { |aggregate, hash| aggregate.merge hash }
merged # => {"testPARAM1"=>"testVAL1", "testPARAM2"=>"testVAL2"}