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Ruby - Array of hashes to keyed hash
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students = [ | |
{ name: "Bob", cohort: "Nov"}, | |
{ name: "Barry", cohort: "Nov"}, | |
{ name: "Anna", cohort: "Dec"}, | |
{ name: "Igor", cohort: "Dec"}, | |
{ name: "Natalia", cohort: "Feb"} | |
] | |
my_hash = {} | |
students.each { |student| | |
cohort = student[:cohort] | |
name = student[:name] | |
# if the key exists then add to the array that already exists in the hash | |
if (my_hash.has_key?(cohort)) | |
my_hash[cohort].push(name) | |
else | |
# the key doesnt exist so create an array and add it to the hash | |
new_array = [] | |
new_array.push(name) | |
my_hash[cohort] = new_array | |
end | |
} | |
puts "My hash:" | |
puts my_hash | |
puts "Keys:" | |
puts my_hash.keys | |
puts "Loop through and display it:" | |
my_hash.keys.each { |cohort| | |
print my_hash[cohort] | |
puts | |
} | |
puts "Loop through each cohort as well to display students:" | |
my_hash.keys.each { |cohort| | |
puts "Cohort: #{cohort}" | |
my_hash[cohort].each { |student_name| | |
puts "- #{student_name}" | |
} | |
} |
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