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Hash flattener for Ruby
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class Flattener | |
def initialize(separator='_') | |
@separator = separator | |
end | |
def flatten(hash, prefix=nil) | |
Enumerator.new do |yielder| | |
hash.each do |key, value| | |
raise "Bad key: #{key.inspect}" unless key.is_a?(String) | |
key = [prefix, key].join(@separator) if prefix | |
if value.is_a?(Hash) | |
flatten(value, key).each do |nested_key_value| | |
yielder.yield nested_key_value | |
end | |
else | |
yielder.yield [key, value] | |
end | |
end | |
end | |
end | |
end | |
require 'rspec' | |
describe Flattener do | |
let(:input_hash) do | |
{ | |
'key1' => :value1, | |
'nested' => { | |
'key2' => :value2, | |
'nested2' => { | |
'key3' => :value3 | |
} | |
}, | |
'key4' => :value4 | |
} | |
end | |
let(:flattener) { Flattener.new } | |
subject { flattener.flatten(input_hash).to_a } | |
specify { expect(subject[0]).to eq(['key1', :value1]) } | |
specify { expect(subject[1]).to eq(['nested_key2', :value2]) } | |
specify { expect(subject[2]).to eq(['nested_nested2_key3', :value3]) } | |
specify { expect(subject[3]).to eq(['key4', :value4]) } | |
end | |
require 'pp' | |
example_hash = {'key1' => :value1, 'nested' =>{'key2' => :value2, 'nested2' => {'key3' => :value3}}, 'key4' => :value4} | |
pp example_hash | |
pp Hash[Flattener.new.flatten(example_hash).to_a] |
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