Method: Hash#merge

Defined in:

hash.c

#merge(other_hash) ⇒ Object #merge(other_hash) {|key, oldval, newval| ... } ⇒ Object

Returns a new hash containing the contents of other_hash and the contents of hsh. If no block is specified, the value for entries with duplicate keys will be that of other_hash. Otherwise the value for each duplicate key is determined by calling the block with the key, its value in hsh and its value in other_hash.

h1 = { "a" => 100, "b" => 200 }
h2 = { "b" => 254, "c" => 300 }
h1.merge(h2)   #=> {"a"=>100, "b"=>254, "c"=>300}
h1.merge(h2){|key, oldval, newval| newval - oldval}
               #=> {"a"=>100, "b"=>54,  "c"=>300}
h1             #=> {"a"=>100, "b"=>200}

Overloads:

• #merge(other_hash) {|key, oldval, newval| ... } ⇒ Object

  Yields:

  • (key, oldval, newval)

# File 'hash.c'

/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     hsh.merge(other_hash)                              -> new_hash
 *     hsh.merge(other_hash){|key, oldval, newval| block} -> new_hash
 *
 *  Returns a new hash containing the contents of <i>other_hash</i> and
 *  the contents of <i>hsh</i>. If no block is specified, the value for
 *  entries with duplicate keys will be that of <i>other_hash</i>. Otherwise
 *  the value for each duplicate key is determined by calling the block
 *  with the key, its value in <i>hsh</i> and its value in <i>other_hash</i>.
 *
 *     h1 = { "a" => 100, "b" => 200 }
 *     h2 = { "b" => 254, "c" => 300 }
 *     h1.merge(h2)   #=> {"a"=>100, "b"=>254, "c"=>300}
 *     h1.merge(h2){|key, oldval, newval| newval - oldval}
 *                    #=> {"a"=>100, "b"=>54,  "c"=>300}
 *     h1             #=> {"a"=>100, "b"=>200}
 *
 */

static VALUE
rb_hash_merge(VALUE hash1, VALUE hash2)
{
    return rb_hash_update(rb_obj_dup(hash1), hash2);
}