Access nested hash element specified by an array o

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I'm trying to get a general solution to the problem of accessing an element in a nested hash given an array of key values,e.g.:

hash = { "a" => { "b" => 'foo' }}
array = ["a", "b"]

function(array)
=> "foo"

I'm guessing this could be a one-liner. It also is quite closely related to this problem: Ruby convert array to nested hash

Answer 1

hash = { "a" => { "b" => 'foo' }}
array = ["a", "b"]

array.inject(hash,:fetch)
# => "foo"
array.inject(hash,:[])
# => "foo"