Class: Hash

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/hash.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#keys_to_sym ⇒ Object

used by HoneyDo methods



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# File 'lib/hash.rb', line 3

def keys_to_sym
  sym_key_hash = Hash.new()
  self.each { |k, v|  sym_key_hash[k.to_sym] = v}
  return sym_key_hash
end

#split_compound_values(delimiter = "|") ⇒ Object

if a value is non-scalar, i.e. not a single value but a list of delimited ones, put each into its own pair



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# File 'lib/hash.rb', line 10

def split_compound_values(delimiter = "|")
  new_pairs = Hash.new()
  self.each do |key, value|
    if value.include?(delimiter)
      value_array = value.split(delimiter)
      value_array.each_index do |i|
        unless new_pairs.has_key?(key)
          new_pairs[key] = value_array[i]  # first value goes in pair with original key name
        else
          new_pairs[(key.to_s + "_" + i.to_s).to_sym] = value_array[i] # add index, starting with 1, to new key names for remaining values
        end
      end
    end
  end
  #merge in new pairs, which replaces any that had a compound value with a pair having the original key and the first value only
  return self.merge(new_pairs)
end