A Hash maps each of its unique keys to a specific value.
A Hash has certain similarities to an Array, but:
An Array index is always an Integer.
A Hash key can be (almost) any object.
The older syntax for Hash data uses the “hash rocket,” =>
:
h = {:foo => 0, :bar => 1, :baz => 2} h # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}
Alternatively, but only for a Hash key that’s a Symbol, you can use a newer JSON-style syntax, where each bareword becomes a Symbol:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}
You can also use a String in place of a bareword:
h = {'foo': 0, 'bar': 1, 'baz': 2} h # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}
And you can mix the styles:
h = {foo: 0, :bar => 1, 'baz': 2} h # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}
But it’s an error to try the JSON-style syntax for a key that’s not a bareword or a String:
# Raises SyntaxError (syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting =>): h = {0: 'zero'}
You can use a Hash to give names to objects:
person = {name: 'Matz', language: 'Ruby'} person # => {:name=>"Matz", :language=>"Ruby"}
You can use a Hash to give names to method arguments:
def some_method(hash) p hash end some_method({foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2}) # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}
Note: when the last argument in a method call is a Hash, the curly braces may be omitted:
some_method(foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2) # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}
You can use a Hash to initialize an object:
class Dev attr_accessor :name, :language def initialize(hash) self.name = hash[:name] self.language = hash[:language] end end matz = Dev.new(name: 'Matz', language: 'Ruby') matz # => #<Dev: @name="Matz", @language="Ruby">
Here are three ways to create a Hash:
Method Hash.new
Method Hash[]
Literal form: {}
.
You can create a Hash by calling method ::new.
Create an empty Hash:
h = Hash.new h # => {} h.class # => Hash
You can create a Hash by calling method ::[].
Create an empty Hash:
h = Hash[] h # => {}
Create a Hash with initial entries:
h = Hash[foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2] h # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}
You can create a Hash by using its literal form (curly braces).
Create an empty Hash:
h = {} h # => {}
Create a Hash with initial entries:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}
The simplest way to retrieve a Hash value (instance method []):
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h[:foo] # => 0
The simplest way to create or update a Hash value (instance method []=):
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h[:bat] = 3 # => 3 h # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2, :bat=>3} h[:foo] = 4 # => 4 h # => {:foo=>4, :bar=>1, :baz=>2, :bat=>3}
The simplest way to delete a Hash entry (instance method delete):
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.delete(:bar) # => 1 h # => {:foo=>0, :baz=>2}
A Hash object presents its entries in the order of their creation. This is seen in:
Iterative methods such as each
, each_key
,
each_pair
, each_value
.
Other order-sensitive methods such as shift
,
keys
, values
.
The String returned by method inspect
.
A new Hash has its initial ordering per the given entries:
h = Hash[foo: 0, bar: 1] h # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1}
New entries are added at the end:
h[:baz] = 2 h # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}
Updating a value does not affect the order:
h[:baz] = 3 h # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>3}
But re-creating a deleted entry can affect the order:
h.delete(:foo) h[:foo] = 5 h # => {:bar=>1, :baz=>3, :foo=>5}
Two objects are treated as the same hash key when their hash
value is identical and the two objects are eql?
to each other.
Modifying a Hash key while it is in use damages the hash’s index.
This Hash has keys that are Arrays:
a0 = [ :foo, :bar ] a1 = [ :baz, :bat ] h = {a0 => 0, a1 => 1} h.include?(a0) # => true h[a0] # => 0 a0.hash # => 110002110
Modifying array element a0[0]
changes its hash value:
a0[0] = :bam a0.hash # => 1069447059
And damages the Hash index:
h.include?(a0) # => false h[a0] # => nil
You can repair the hash index using method rehash
:
h.rehash # => {[:bam, :bar]=>0, [:baz, :bat]=>1} h.include?(a0) # => true h[a0] # => 0
A String key is always safe. That’s because an unfrozen String passed as a key will be replaced by a duplicated and frozen String:
s = 'foo' s.frozen? # => false h = {s => 0} first_key = h.keys.first first_key.frozen? # => true
To be useable as a Hash key, objects must implement the methods
hash
and eql?
. Note: this requirement does not
apply if the Hash uses compare_by_id since comparison will then rely on the
keys’ object id instead of hash
and eql?
.
Object defines basic implementation for hash
and
eq?
that makes each object a distinct key. Typically,
user-defined classes will want to override these methods to provide
meaningful behavior, or for example inherit Struct that has useful
definitions for these.
A typical implementation of hash
is based on the object’s data
while eql?
is usually aliased to the overridden
==
method:
class Book attr_reader :author, :title def initialize(author, title) @author = author @title = title end def ==(other) self.class === other && other.author == @author && other.title == @title end alias eql? == def hash @author.hash ^ @title.hash # XOR end end book1 = Book.new 'matz', 'Ruby in a Nutshell' book2 = Book.new 'matz', 'Ruby in a Nutshell' reviews = {} reviews[book1] = 'Great reference!' reviews[book2] = 'Nice and compact!' reviews.length #=> 1
The methods [], values_at and dig need to return the value associated to a certain key. When that key is not found, that value will be determined by its default proc (if any) or else its default (initially `nil`).
You can retrieve the default value with method default:
h = Hash.new h.default # => nil
You can set the default value by passing an argument to method ::new or with method default=
h = Hash.new(-1) h.default # => -1 h.default = 0 h.default # => 0
This default value is returned for [], values_at and dig when a key is not found:
counts = {foo: 42} counts.default # => nil (default) counts[:foo] = 42 counts[:bar] # => nil counts.default = 0 counts[:bar] # => 0 counts.values_at(:foo, :bar, :baz) # => [42, 0, 0] counts.dig(:bar) # => 0
Note that the default value is used without being duplicated. It is not advised to set the default value to a mutable object:
synonyms = Hash.new([]) synonyms[:hello] # => [] synonyms[:hello] << :hi # => [:hi], but this mutates the default! synonyms.default # => [:hi] synonyms[:world] << :universe synonyms[:world] # => [:hi, :universe], oops synonyms.keys # => [], oops
To use a mutable object as default, it is recommended to use a default proc
When the default proc for a Hash is set (i.e., not nil
), the
default value returned by method []
is determined by the default proc alone.
You can retrieve the default proc with method default_proc:
h = Hash.new h.default_proc # => nil
You can set the default proc by calling ::new with a block or calling the method default_proc=
h = Hash.new { |hash, key| "Default value for #{key}" } h.default_proc.class # => Proc h.default_proc = proc { |hash, key| "Default value for #{key.inspect}" } h.default_proc.class # => Proc
When the default proc is set (i.e., not nil
) and method [] is called with with a non-existent
key, [] calls the default proc with
both the Hash object itself and the missing key, then returns the proc’s
return value:
h = Hash.new { |hash, key| "Default value for #{key}" } h[:nosuch] # => "Default value for nosuch"
Note that in the example above no entry for key :nosuch
is
created:
h.include?(:nosuch) # => false
However, the proc itself can add a new entry:
synonyms = Hash.new { |hash, key| hash[key] = [] } synonyms.include?(:hello) # => false synonyms[:hello] << :hi # => [:hi] synonyms[:world] << :universe # => [:universe] synonyms.keys # => [:hello, :world]
Note that setting the default proc will clear the default value and vice versa.
Returns a new Hash object populated with the given objects, if any. See ::new.
With no argument, returns a new empty Hash.
When the single given argument is a Hash, returns a new Hash populated with the entries from the given Hash.
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} Hash[h] # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}
When the single given argument is an Array of 2-element Arrays, returns a new Hash object wherein each 2-element array forms a key-value entry:
Hash[ [ [:foo, 0], [:bar, 1] ] ] # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1}
When the argument count is an even number; returns a new Hash object wherein each successive pair of arguments has become a key-value entry:
Hash[:foo, 0, :bar, 1] # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1}
Raises an exception if the argument list does not conform to any of the above.
static VALUE rb_hash_s_create(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass) { VALUE hash, tmp; if (argc == 1) { tmp = rb_hash_s_try_convert(Qnil, argv[0]); if (!NIL_P(tmp)) { hash = hash_alloc(klass); hash_copy(hash, tmp); return hash; } tmp = rb_check_array_type(argv[0]); if (!NIL_P(tmp)) { long i; hash = hash_alloc(klass); for (i = 0; i < RARRAY_LEN(tmp); ++i) { VALUE e = RARRAY_AREF(tmp, i); VALUE v = rb_check_array_type(e); VALUE key, val = Qnil; if (NIL_P(v)) { rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "wrong element type %s at %ld (expected array)", rb_builtin_class_name(e), i); } switch (RARRAY_LEN(v)) { default: rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "invalid number of elements (%ld for 1..2)", RARRAY_LEN(v)); case 2: val = RARRAY_AREF(v, 1); case 1: key = RARRAY_AREF(v, 0); rb_hash_aset(hash, key, val); } } return hash; } } if (argc % 2 != 0) { rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "odd number of arguments for Hash"); } hash = hash_alloc(klass); rb_hash_bulk_insert(argc, argv, hash); hash_verify(hash); return hash; }
Returns a new empty Hash object.
The initial default value and initial default proc for the new hash depend on which form above was used. See Default Values.
If neither an argument nor a block given, initializes both the default
value and the default proc to nil
:
h = Hash.new h.default # => nil h.default_proc # => nil
If argument default_value
given but no block given,
initializes the default value to the given default_value
and
the default proc to nil
:
h = Hash.new(false) h.default # => false h.default_proc # => nil
If a block given but no argument, stores the block as the default proc and
sets the default value to nil
:
h = Hash.new {|hash, key| "Default value for #{key}" } h.default # => nil h.default_proc.class # => Proc h[:nosuch] # => "Default value for nosuch"
static VALUE rb_hash_initialize(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE hash) { VALUE ifnone; rb_hash_modify(hash); if (rb_block_given_p()) { rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 0); ifnone = rb_block_proc(); SET_PROC_DEFAULT(hash, ifnone); } else { rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1); ifnone = argc == 0 ? Qnil : argv[0]; RHASH_SET_IFNONE(hash, ifnone); } return hash; }
Duplicates a given hash and adds a ruby2_keywords flag. This method is not for casual use; debugging, researching, and some truly necessary cases like deserialization of arguments.
h = {k: 1} h = Hash.ruby2_keywords_hash(h) def foo(k: 42) k end foo(*[h]) #=> 1 with neither a warning or an error
static VALUE rb_hash_s_ruby2_keywords_hash(VALUE dummy, VALUE hash) { Check_Type(hash, T_HASH); hash = rb_hash_dup(hash); RHASH(hash)->basic.flags |= RHASH_PASS_AS_KEYWORDS; return hash; }
Checks if a given hash is flagged by Module#ruby2_keywords (or Proc#ruby2_keywords). This method is not for casual use; debugging, researching, and some truly necessary cases like serialization of arguments.
ruby2_keywords def foo(*args) Hash.ruby2_keywords_hash?(args.last) end foo(k: 1) #=> true foo({k: 1}) #=> false
static VALUE rb_hash_s_ruby2_keywords_hash_p(VALUE dummy, VALUE hash) { Check_Type(hash, T_HASH); return (RHASH(hash)->basic.flags & RHASH_PASS_AS_KEYWORDS) ? Qtrue : Qfalse; }
If obj
is a Hash object, returns obj
.
Otherwise if obj
responds to :to_hash
, calls
obj.to_hash
and returns the result.
Returns nil
if obj
does not respond to
:to_hash
Raises an exception unless obj.to_hash
returns a Hash object.
static VALUE rb_hash_s_try_convert(VALUE dummy, VALUE hash) { return rb_check_hash_type(hash); }
Returns true
if hash
is a proper subset of
other_hash
, false
otherwise:
h1 = {foo: 0, bar: 1} h2 = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h1 < h2 # => true h2 < h1 # => false h1 < h1 # => false
static VALUE rb_hash_lt(VALUE hash, VALUE other) { other = to_hash(other); if (RHASH_SIZE(hash) >= RHASH_SIZE(other)) return Qfalse; return hash_le(hash, other); }
Returns true
if hash
is a subset of
other_hash
, false
otherwise:
h1 = {foo: 0, bar: 1} h2 = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h1 <= h2 # => true h2 <= h1 # => false h1 <= h1 # => true
static VALUE rb_hash_le(VALUE hash, VALUE other) { other = to_hash(other); if (RHASH_SIZE(hash) > RHASH_SIZE(other)) return Qfalse; return hash_le(hash, other); }
Returns true
if all of the following are true:
object
is a Hash object.
hash
and object
have the same keys (regardless of
order).
For each key key
, hash[key] == object[key]
.
Otherwise, returns false
.
Equal:
h1 = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h2 = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h1 == h2 # => true h3 = {baz: 2, bar: 1, foo: 0} h1 == h3 # => true
static VALUE rb_hash_equal(VALUE hash1, VALUE hash2) { return hash_equal(hash1, hash2, FALSE); }
Returns true
if hash
is a proper superset of
other_hash
, false
otherwise:
h1 = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h2 = {foo: 0, bar: 1} h1 > h2 # => true h2 > h1 # => false h1 > h1 # => false
static VALUE rb_hash_gt(VALUE hash, VALUE other) { other = to_hash(other); if (RHASH_SIZE(hash) <= RHASH_SIZE(other)) return Qfalse; return hash_le(other, hash); }
Returns true
if hash
is a superset of
other_hash
, false
otherwise:
h1 = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h2 = {foo: 0, bar: 1} h1 >= h2 # => true h2 >= h1 # => false h1 >= h1 # => true
static VALUE rb_hash_ge(VALUE hash, VALUE other) { other = to_hash(other); if (RHASH_SIZE(hash) < RHASH_SIZE(other)) return Qfalse; return hash_le(other, hash); }
Returns the value associated with the given key
, if found:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h[:foo] # => 0
If key
is not found, returns a default value (see Default Values):
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h[:nosuch] # => nil
VALUE rb_hash_aref(VALUE hash, VALUE key) { st_data_t val; if (hash_stlike_lookup(hash, key, &val)) { return (VALUE)val; } else { return rb_hash_default_value(hash, key); } }
Associates the given value
with the given key
;
returns value
.
If the given key
exists, replaces its value with the given
value
; the ordering is not affected (see Entry Order):
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1} h[:foo] = 2 # => 2 h.store(:bar, 3) # => 3 h # => {:foo=>2, :bar=>3}
If key
does not exist, adds the key
and
value
; the new entry is last in the order (see Entry Order):
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1} h[:baz] = 2 # => 2 h.store(:bat, 3) # => 3 h # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2, :bat=>3}
VALUE rb_hash_aset(VALUE hash, VALUE key, VALUE val) { int iter_lev = RHASH_ITER_LEV(hash); rb_hash_modify(hash); if (RHASH_TABLE_NULL_P(hash)) { if (iter_lev > 0) no_new_key(); ar_alloc_table(hash); } if (RHASH_TYPE(hash) == &identhash || rb_obj_class(key) != rb_cString) { RHASH_UPDATE_ITER(hash, iter_lev, key, hash_aset, val); } else { RHASH_UPDATE_ITER(hash, iter_lev, key, hash_aset_str, val); } return val; }
Returns true
if any element satisfies a given criterion;
false
otherwise.
With no argument and no block, returns true
if
self
is non-empty; false
if empty.
With argument object
and no block, returns true
if for any key key
h.assoc(key) == object
:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.any?([:bar, 1]) # => true h.any?([:bar, 0]) # => false h.any?([:baz, 1]) # => false
With no argument and a block, calls the block with each key-value pair;
returns true
if the block returns any truthy value,
false
otherwise:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.any? {|key, value| value < 3 } # => true h.any? {|key, value| value > 3 } # => false
static VALUE rb_hash_any_p(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE hash) { VALUE args[2]; args[0] = Qfalse; rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1); if (RHASH_EMPTY_P(hash)) return Qfalse; if (argc) { if (rb_block_given_p()) { rb_warn("given block not used"); } args[1] = argv[0]; rb_hash_foreach(hash, any_p_i_pattern, (VALUE)args); } else { if (!rb_block_given_p()) { /* yields pairs, never false */ return Qtrue; } if (rb_block_pair_yield_optimizable()) rb_hash_foreach(hash, any_p_i_fast, (VALUE)args); else rb_hash_foreach(hash, any_p_i, (VALUE)args); } return args[0]; }
If the given key
is found, returns a 2-element Array
containing that key and its value:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.assoc(:bar) # => [:bar, 1]
Returns nil
if key key
is not found.
VALUE rb_hash_assoc(VALUE hash, VALUE key) { st_table *table; const struct st_hash_type *orighash; VALUE args[2]; if (RHASH_EMPTY_P(hash)) return Qnil; ar_force_convert_table(hash, __FILE__, __LINE__); HASH_ASSERT(RHASH_ST_TABLE_P(hash)); table = RHASH_ST_TABLE(hash); orighash = table->type; if (orighash != &identhash) { VALUE value; struct reset_hash_type_arg ensure_arg; struct st_hash_type assochash; assochash.compare = assoc_cmp; assochash.hash = orighash->hash; table->type = &assochash; args[0] = hash; args[1] = key; ensure_arg.hash = hash; ensure_arg.orighash = orighash; value = rb_ensure(lookup2_call, (VALUE)&args, reset_hash_type, (VALUE)&ensure_arg); if (value != Qundef) return rb_assoc_new(key, value); } args[0] = key; args[1] = Qnil; rb_hash_foreach(hash, assoc_i, (VALUE)args); return args[1]; }
Removes all hash entries; returns self
.
VALUE rb_hash_clear(VALUE hash) { rb_hash_modify_check(hash); if (RHASH_ITER_LEV(hash) > 0) { rb_hash_foreach(hash, clear_i, 0); } else if (RHASH_AR_TABLE_P(hash)) { ar_clear(hash); } else { st_clear(RHASH_ST_TABLE(hash)); } return hash; }
Returns a copy of self
with all nil
-valued
entries removed:
h = {foo: 0, bar: nil, baz: 2, bat: nil} h1 = h.compact h1 # => {:foo=>0, :baz=>2}
static VALUE rb_hash_compact(VALUE hash) { VALUE result = rb_hash_new(); if (!RHASH_EMPTY_P(hash)) { rb_hash_foreach(hash, set_if_not_nil, result); } return result; }
Returns self
with all its nil
-valued entries
removed (in place):
h = {foo: 0, bar: nil, baz: 2, bat: nil} h.compact! # => {:foo=>0, :baz=>2}
Returns nil
if no entries were removed.
static VALUE rb_hash_compact_bang(VALUE hash) { st_index_t n; rb_hash_modify_check(hash); n = RHASH_SIZE(hash); if (n) { rb_hash_foreach(hash, delete_if_nil, hash); if (n != RHASH_SIZE(hash)) return hash; } return Qnil; }
Sets self
to consider only identity in comparing keys; two
keys are considered the same only if they are the same object; returns
self
.
By default, these two object are considered to be the same key, so
s1
will overwrite s0
:
s0 = 'x' s1 = 'x' h = {} h.compare_by_identity? # => false h[s0] = 0 h[s1] = 1 h # => {"x"=>1}
After calling #compare_by_identity, the keys are considered to be different, and therefore do not overwrite each other:
h = {} h.compare_by_identity # => {} h.compare_by_identity? # => true h[s0] = 0 h[s1] = 1 h # => {"x"=>0, "x"=>1}
static VALUE rb_hash_compare_by_id(VALUE hash) { VALUE tmp; st_table *identtable; if (rb_hash_compare_by_id_p(hash)) return hash; rb_hash_modify_check(hash); ar_force_convert_table(hash, __FILE__, __LINE__); HASH_ASSERT(RHASH_ST_TABLE_P(hash)); tmp = hash_alloc(0); identtable = rb_init_identtable_with_size(RHASH_SIZE(hash)); RHASH_ST_TABLE_SET(tmp, identtable); rb_hash_foreach(hash, rb_hash_rehash_i, (VALUE)tmp); st_free_table(RHASH_ST_TABLE(hash)); RHASH_ST_TABLE_SET(hash, identtable); RHASH_ST_CLEAR(tmp); rb_gc_force_recycle(tmp); return hash; }
Returns true
if compare_by_identity has
been called, false
otherwise.
MJIT_FUNC_EXPORTED VALUE rb_hash_compare_by_id_p(VALUE hash) { if (RHASH_ST_TABLE_P(hash) && RHASH_ST_TABLE(hash)->type == &identhash) { return Qtrue; } else { return Qfalse; } }
static VALUE rb_hash_deconstruct_keys(VALUE hash, VALUE keys) { return hash; }
Returns the default value for the given key
. The returned
value will be determined either by the default proc or by the default
value. See Default Values.
With no argument, returns the current default value:
h = {} h.default # => nil
If key
is given, returns the default value for
key
, regardless of whether that key exists:
h = Hash.new { |hash, key| hash[key] = "No key #{key}"} h[:foo] = "Hello" h.default(:foo) # => "No key foo"
static VALUE rb_hash_default(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE hash) { VALUE ifnone; rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1); ifnone = RHASH_IFNONE(hash); if (FL_TEST(hash, RHASH_PROC_DEFAULT)) { if (argc == 0) return Qnil; return call_default_proc(ifnone, hash, argv[0]); } return ifnone; }
Sets the default value to value
; returns value
:
h = {} h.default # => nil h.default = false # => false h.default # => false
See Default Values.
static VALUE rb_hash_set_default(VALUE hash, VALUE ifnone) { rb_hash_modify_check(hash); SET_DEFAULT(hash, ifnone); return ifnone; }
Returns the default proc for self
(see Default Values):
h = {} h.default_proc # => nil h.default_proc = proc {|hash, key| "Default value for #{key}" } h.default_proc.class # => Proc
static VALUE rb_hash_default_proc(VALUE hash) { if (FL_TEST(hash, RHASH_PROC_DEFAULT)) { return RHASH_IFNONE(hash); } return Qnil; }
Sets the default proc for self
to proc
: (see Default Values):
h = {} h.default_proc # => nil h.default_proc = proc { |hash, key| "Default value for #{key}" } h.default_proc.class # => Proc h.default_proc = nil h.default_proc # => nil
VALUE rb_hash_set_default_proc(VALUE hash, VALUE proc) { VALUE b; rb_hash_modify_check(hash); if (NIL_P(proc)) { SET_DEFAULT(hash, proc); return proc; } b = rb_check_convert_type_with_id(proc, T_DATA, "Proc", idTo_proc); if (NIL_P(b) || !rb_obj_is_proc(b)) { rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "wrong default_proc type %s (expected Proc)", rb_obj_classname(proc)); } proc = b; SET_PROC_DEFAULT(hash, proc); return proc; }
Deletes the entry for the given key
and returns its associated
value.
If no block is given and key
is found, deletes the entry and
returns the associated value:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.delete(:bar) # => 1 h # => {:foo=>0, :baz=>2}
If no block given and key
is not found, returns
nil
.
If a block is given and key
is found, ignores the block,
deletes the entry, and returns the associated value:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.delete(:baz) { |key| raise 'Will never happen'} # => 2 h # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1}
If a block is given and key
is not found, calls the block and
returns the block’s return value:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.delete(:nosuch) { |key| "Key #{key} not found" } # => "Key nosuch not found" h # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}
static VALUE rb_hash_delete_m(VALUE hash, VALUE key) { VALUE val; rb_hash_modify_check(hash); val = rb_hash_delete_entry(hash, key); if (val != Qundef) { return val; } else { if (rb_block_given_p()) { return rb_yield(key); } else { return Qnil; } } }
If a block given, calls the block with each key-value pair; deletes each
entry for which the block returns a truthy value; returns
self
:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.delete_if {|key, value| value > 0 } # => {:foo=>0}
If no block given, returns a new Enumerator:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} e = h.delete_if # => #<Enumerator: {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}:delete_if> e.each { |key, value| value > 0 } # => {:foo=>0}
VALUE rb_hash_delete_if(VALUE hash) { RETURN_SIZED_ENUMERATOR(hash, 0, 0, hash_enum_size); rb_hash_modify_check(hash); if (!RHASH_TABLE_EMPTY_P(hash)) { rb_hash_foreach(hash, delete_if_i, hash); } return hash; }
Finds and returns the object in nested objects that is specified by
key
and identifiers
. The nested objects may be
instances of various classes. See Dig
Methods.
Nested Hashes:
h = {foo: {bar: {baz: 2}}} h.dig(:foo) # => {:bar=>{:baz=>2}} h.dig(:foo, :bar) # => {:bar=>{:baz=>2}} h.dig(:foo, :bar, :baz) # => 2 h.dig(:foo, :bar, :BAZ) # => nil
Nested Hashes and Arrays:
h = {foo: {bar: [:a, :b, :c]}} h.dig(:foo, :bar, 2) # => :c
This method will use the default values for keys that are not present:
h = {foo: {bar: [:a, :b, :c]}} h.dig(:hello) # => nil h.default_proc = -> (hash, _key) { hash } h.dig(:hello, :world) # => h h.dig(:hello, :world, :foo, :bar, 2) # => :c
static VALUE rb_hash_dig(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self) { rb_check_arity(argc, 1, UNLIMITED_ARGUMENTS); self = rb_hash_aref(self, *argv); if (!--argc) return self; ++argv; return rb_obj_dig(argc, argv, self, Qnil); }
#each is an alias for #each_pair.
Calls the given block with each key-value pair; returns self
:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.each_pair {|key, value| puts "#{key}: #{value}"} # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}
Output:
foo: 0 bar: 1 baz: 2
Returns a new Enumerator if no block given:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} e = h.each_pair # => #<Enumerator: {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}:each_pair> h1 = e.each {|key, value| puts "#{key}: #{value}"} h1 # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}
Output:
foo: 0 bar: 1 baz: 2
static VALUE rb_hash_each_pair(VALUE hash) { RETURN_SIZED_ENUMERATOR(hash, 0, 0, hash_enum_size); if (rb_block_pair_yield_optimizable()) rb_hash_foreach(hash, each_pair_i_fast, 0); else rb_hash_foreach(hash, each_pair_i, 0); return hash; }
Calls the given block with each key; returns self
:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.each_key {|key| puts key } # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}
Output:
foo bar baz
Returns a new Enumerator if no block given:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} e = h.each_key # => #<Enumerator: {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}:each_key> h1 = e.each {|key| puts key } h1 # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}
Output:
foo bar baz
static VALUE rb_hash_each_key(VALUE hash) { RETURN_SIZED_ENUMERATOR(hash, 0, 0, hash_enum_size); rb_hash_foreach(hash, each_key_i, 0); return hash; }
#each is an alias for #each_pair.
Calls the given block with each key-value pair; returns self
:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.each_pair {|key, value| puts "#{key}: #{value}"} # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}
Output:
foo: 0 bar: 1 baz: 2
Returns a new Enumerator if no block given:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} e = h.each_pair # => #<Enumerator: {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}:each_pair> h1 = e.each {|key, value| puts "#{key}: #{value}"} h1 # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}
Output:
foo: 0 bar: 1 baz: 2
static VALUE rb_hash_each_pair(VALUE hash) { RETURN_SIZED_ENUMERATOR(hash, 0, 0, hash_enum_size); if (rb_block_pair_yield_optimizable()) rb_hash_foreach(hash, each_pair_i_fast, 0); else rb_hash_foreach(hash, each_pair_i, 0); return hash; }
Calls the given block with each value; returns self
:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.each_value {|value| puts value } # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}
Output:
0 1 2
Returns a new Enumerator if no block given:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} e = h.each_value # => #<Enumerator: {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}:each_value> h1 = e.each {|value| puts value } h1 # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}
Output:
0 1 2
static VALUE rb_hash_each_value(VALUE hash) { RETURN_SIZED_ENUMERATOR(hash, 0, 0, hash_enum_size); rb_hash_foreach(hash, each_value_i, 0); return hash; }
Returns true
if there are no hash entries, false
otherwise:
{}.empty? # => true {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2}.empty? # => false
static VALUE rb_hash_empty_p(VALUE hash) { return RHASH_EMPTY_P(hash) ? Qtrue : Qfalse; }
Returns true
if all of the following are true:
object
is a Hash object.
hash
and object
have the same keys (regardless of
order).
For each key key
, h[key] eql? object[key]
.
Otherwise, returns false
.
Equal:
h1 = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h2 = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h1.eql? h2 # => true h3 = {baz: 2, bar: 1, foo: 0} h1.eql? h3 # => true
static VALUE rb_hash_eql(VALUE hash1, VALUE hash2) { return hash_equal(hash1, hash2, TRUE); }
Returns a new Hash excluding entries for the given keys
:
h = { a: 100, b: 200, c: 300 } h.except(:a) #=> {:b=>200, :c=>300}
Any given keys
that are not found are ignored.
static VALUE rb_hash_except(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE hash) { int i; VALUE key, result; result = hash_alloc(rb_cHash); hash_copy(result, hash); for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) { key = argv[i]; rb_hash_delete(result, key); } return result; }
Returns the value for the given key
, if found.
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.fetch(:bar) # => 1
If key
is not found and no block was given, returns
default_value
:
{}.fetch(:nosuch, :default) # => :default {}.fetch(:nosuch) # => nil
If key
is not found and a block was given, yields
key
to the block and returns the block’s return value:
{}.fetch(:nosuch) {|key| "No key #{key}"} # => "No key nosuch"
Raises KeyError if neither
default_value
nor a block was given.
Note that this method does not use the values of either default or default_proc.
static VALUE rb_hash_fetch_m(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE hash) { VALUE key; st_data_t val; long block_given; rb_check_arity(argc, 1, 2); key = argv[0]; block_given = rb_block_given_p(); if (block_given && argc == 2) { rb_warn("block supersedes default value argument"); } if (hash_stlike_lookup(hash, key, &val)) { return (VALUE)val; } else { if (block_given) { return rb_yield(key); } else if (argc == 1) { VALUE desc = rb_protect(rb_inspect, key, 0); if (NIL_P(desc)) { desc = rb_any_to_s(key); } desc = rb_str_ellipsize(desc, 65); rb_key_err_raise(rb_sprintf("key not found: %"PRIsVALUE, desc), hash, key); } else { return argv[1]; } } }
Returns a new Array containing the values associated with the given keys *keys:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.fetch_values(:baz, :foo) # => [2, 0]
Returns a new empty Array if no arguments given.
When a block is given, calls the block with each missing key, treating the block’s return value as the value for that key:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} values = h.fetch_values(:bar, :foo, :bad, :bam) {|key| key.to_s} values # => [1, 0, "bad", "bam"]
When no block is given, raises an exception if any given key is not found.
static VALUE rb_hash_fetch_values(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE hash) { VALUE result = rb_ary_new2(argc); long i; for (i=0; i<argc; i++) { rb_ary_push(result, rb_hash_fetch(hash, argv[i])); } return result; }
#filter is an alias for #select.
Returns a new Hash object whose entries are those for which the block returns a truthy value:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.select {|key, value| value < 2 } # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1}
Returns a new Enumerator if no block given:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} e = h.select # => #<Enumerator: {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}:select> e.each {|key, value| value < 2 } # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1}
static VALUE rb_hash_select(VALUE hash) { VALUE result; RETURN_SIZED_ENUMERATOR(hash, 0, 0, hash_enum_size); result = rb_hash_new(); if (!RHASH_EMPTY_P(hash)) { rb_hash_foreach(hash, select_i, result); } return result; }
#filter! is an alias for #select!.
Returns self
, whose entries are those for which the block
returns a truthy value:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.select! {|key, value| value < 2 } => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1}
Returns nil
if no entries were removed.
Returns a new Enumerator if no block given:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} e = h.select! # => #<Enumerator: {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}:select!> e.each { |key, value| value < 2 } # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1}
static VALUE rb_hash_select_bang(VALUE hash) { st_index_t n; RETURN_SIZED_ENUMERATOR(hash, 0, 0, hash_enum_size); rb_hash_modify_check(hash); n = RHASH_SIZE(hash); if (!n) return Qnil; rb_hash_foreach(hash, keep_if_i, hash); if (n == RHASH_SIZE(hash)) return Qnil; return hash; }
Returns a new Array object that is a 1-dimensional flattening of
self
.
By default, nested Arrays are not flattened:
h = {foo: 0, bar: [:bat, 3], baz: 2} h.flatten # => [:foo, 0, :bar, [:bat, 3], :baz, 2]
Takes the depth of recursive flattening from Integer argument
level
:
h = {foo: 0, bar: [:bat, [:baz, [:bat, ]]]} h.flatten(1) # => [:foo, 0, :bar, [:bat, [:baz, [:bat]]]] h.flatten(2) # => [:foo, 0, :bar, :bat, [:baz, [:bat]]] h.flatten(3) # => [:foo, 0, :bar, :bat, :baz, [:bat]] h.flatten(4) # => [:foo, 0, :bar, :bat, :baz, :bat]
When level
is negative, flattens all nested Arrays:
h = {foo: 0, bar: [:bat, [:baz, [:bat, ]]]} h.flatten(-1) # => [:foo, 0, :bar, :bat, :baz, :bat] h.flatten(-2) # => [:foo, 0, :bar, :bat, :baz, :bat]
When level
is zero, returns the equivalent of to_a :
h = {foo: 0, bar: [:bat, 3], baz: 2} h.flatten(0) # => [[:foo, 0], [:bar, [:bat, 3]], [:baz, 2]] h.flatten(0) == h.to_a # => true
static VALUE rb_hash_flatten(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE hash) { VALUE ary; rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1); if (argc) { int level = NUM2INT(argv[0]); if (level == 0) return rb_hash_to_a(hash); ary = rb_ary_new_capa(RHASH_SIZE(hash) * 2); rb_hash_foreach(hash, flatten_i, ary); level--; if (level > 0) { VALUE ary_flatten_level = INT2FIX(level); rb_funcallv(ary, id_flatten_bang, 1, &ary_flatten_level); } else if (level < 0) { /* flatten recursively */ rb_funcallv(ary, id_flatten_bang, 0, 0); } } else { ary = rb_ary_new_capa(RHASH_SIZE(hash) * 2); rb_hash_foreach(hash, flatten_i, ary); } return ary; }
Returns true
if value
is a value in
self
, otherwise false
.
static VALUE rb_hash_has_value(VALUE hash, VALUE val) { VALUE data[2]; data[0] = Qfalse; data[1] = val; rb_hash_foreach(hash, rb_hash_search_value, (VALUE)data); return data[0]; }
Returns the Integer hash-code for the hash.
Two Hash objects have the same hash-code if their content is the same (regardless or order):
h1 = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h2 = {baz: 2, bar: 1, foo: 0} h2.hash == h1.hash # => true h2.eql? h1 # => true
static VALUE rb_hash_hash(VALUE hash) { st_index_t size = RHASH_SIZE(hash); st_index_t hval = rb_hash_start(size); hval = rb_hash_uint(hval, (st_index_t)rb_hash_hash); if (size) { rb_hash_foreach(hash, hash_i, (VALUE)&hval); } hval = rb_hash_end(hval); return ST2FIX(hval); }
Replaces the entire contents of self
with the contents of
other_hash
; returns self
:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.replace({bat: 3, bam: 4}) # => {:bat=>3, :bam=>4}
static VALUE rb_hash_replace(VALUE hash, VALUE hash2) { rb_hash_modify_check(hash); if (hash == hash2) return hash; if (RHASH_ITER_LEV(hash) > 0) { rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "can't replace hash during iteration"); } hash2 = to_hash(hash2); COPY_DEFAULT(hash, hash2); if (RHASH_AR_TABLE_P(hash)) { if (RHASH_AR_TABLE_P(hash2)) { ar_clear(hash); } else { ar_free_and_clear_table(hash); RHASH_ST_TABLE_SET(hash, st_init_table_with_size(RHASH_TYPE(hash2), RHASH_SIZE(hash2))); } } else { if (RHASH_AR_TABLE_P(hash2)) { st_free_table(RHASH_ST_TABLE(hash)); RHASH_ST_CLEAR(hash); } else { st_clear(RHASH_ST_TABLE(hash)); RHASH_TBL_RAW(hash)->type = RHASH_ST_TABLE(hash2)->type; } } rb_hash_foreach(hash2, rb_hash_rehash_i, (VALUE)hash); rb_gc_writebarrier_remember(hash); return hash; }
Returns a new String containing the hash entries:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.inspect # => "{:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}"
#to_s is an alias for #inspect.
static VALUE rb_hash_inspect(VALUE hash) { if (RHASH_EMPTY_P(hash)) return rb_usascii_str_new2("{}"); return rb_exec_recursive(inspect_hash, hash, 0); }
Returns a new Hash object with the each key-value pair inverted:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h1 = h.invert h1 # => {0=>:foo, 1=>:bar, 2=>:baz}
Overwrites any repeated new keys: (see Entry Order):
h = {foo: 0, bar: 0, baz: 0} h.invert # => {0=>:baz}
static VALUE rb_hash_invert(VALUE hash) { VALUE h = rb_hash_new_with_size(RHASH_SIZE(hash)); rb_hash_foreach(hash, rb_hash_invert_i, h); return h; }
Calls the block for each key-value pair; retains the entry if the block
returns a truthy value; otherwise deletes the entry; returns
self
.
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.keep_if { |key, value| key.start_with?('b') } # => {:bar=>1, :baz=>2}
Returns a new Enumerator if no block given:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} e = h.keep_if # => #<Enumerator: {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}:keep_if> e.each { |key, value| key.start_with?('b') } # => {:bar=>1, :baz=>2}
static VALUE rb_hash_keep_if(VALUE hash) { RETURN_SIZED_ENUMERATOR(hash, 0, 0, hash_enum_size); rb_hash_modify_check(hash); if (!RHASH_TABLE_EMPTY_P(hash)) { rb_hash_foreach(hash, keep_if_i, hash); } return hash; }
Returns the key for the first-found entry with the given value
(see Entry Order):
h = {foo: 0, bar: 2, baz: 2} h.key(0) # => :foo h.key(2) # => :bar
Returns nil
if so such value is found.
static VALUE rb_hash_key(VALUE hash, VALUE value) { VALUE args[2]; args[0] = value; args[1] = Qnil; rb_hash_foreach(hash, key_i, (VALUE)args); return args[1]; }
Returns a new Array containing all keys in self
:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.keys # => [:foo, :bar, :baz]
MJIT_FUNC_EXPORTED VALUE rb_hash_keys(VALUE hash) { st_index_t size = RHASH_SIZE(hash); VALUE keys = rb_ary_new_capa(size); if (size == 0) return keys; if (ST_DATA_COMPATIBLE_P(VALUE)) { RARRAY_PTR_USE_TRANSIENT(keys, ptr, { if (RHASH_AR_TABLE_P(hash)) { size = ar_keys(hash, ptr, size); } else { st_table *table = RHASH_ST_TABLE(hash); size = st_keys(table, ptr, size); } }); rb_gc_writebarrier_remember(keys); rb_ary_set_len(keys, size); } else { rb_hash_foreach(hash, keys_i, keys); } return keys; }
Returns the new Hash formed by merging each of other_hashes
into a copy of self
.
Each argument in other_hashes
must be a Hash.
With arguments and no block:
Returns the new Hash object formed by merging each successive Hash in
other_hashes
into self
.
Each new-key entry is added at the end.
Each duplicate-key entry’s value overwrites the previous value.
Example:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h1 = {bat: 3, bar: 4} h2 = {bam: 5, bat:6} h.merge(h1, h2) # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>4, :baz=>2, :bat=>6, :bam=>5}
With arguments and a block:
Returns a new Hash object that is the merge of self
and each
given hash.
The given hashes are merged left to right.
Each new-key entry is added at the end.
For each duplicate key:
Calls the block with the key and the old and new values.
The block’s return value becomes the new value for the entry.
Example:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h1 = {bat: 3, bar: 4} h2 = {bam: 5, bat:6} h3 = h.merge(h1, h2) { |key, old_value, new_value| old_value + new_value } h3 # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>5, :baz=>2, :bat=>9, :bam=>5}
With no arguments:
Returns a copy of self
.
The block, if given, is ignored.
Example:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.merge # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2} h1 = h.merge { |key, old_value, new_value| raise 'Cannot happen' } h1 # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}
static VALUE rb_hash_merge(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self) { return rb_hash_update(argc, argv, rb_hash_dup(self)); }
Merges each of other_hashes
into self
; returns
self
.
Each argument in other_hashes
must be a Hash.
Method update is an alias for #merge!.
With arguments and no block:
Returns self
, after the given hashes are merged into it.
The given hashes are merged left to right.
Each new entry is added at the end.
Each duplicate-key entry’s value overwrites the previous value.
Example:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h1 = {bat: 3, bar: 4} h2 = {bam: 5, bat:6} h.merge!(h1, h2) # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>4, :baz=>2, :bat=>6, :bam=>5}
With arguments and a block:
Returns self
, after the given hashes are merged.
The given hashes are merged left to right.
Each new-key entry is added at the end.
For each duplicate key:
Calls the block with the key and the old and new values.
The block’s return value becomes the new value for the entry.
Example:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h1 = {bat: 3, bar: 4} h2 = {bam: 5, bat:6} h3 = h.merge!(h1, h2) { |key, old_value, new_value| old_value + new_value } h3 # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>5, :baz=>2, :bat=>9, :bam=>5}
With no arguments:
Returns self
, unmodified.
The block, if given, is ignored.
Example:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.merge # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2} h1 = h.merge! { |key, old_value, new_value| raise 'Cannot happen' } h1 # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}
static VALUE rb_hash_update(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self) { int i; bool block_given = rb_block_given_p(); rb_hash_modify(self); for (i = 0; i < argc; i++){ VALUE hash = to_hash(argv[i]); if (block_given) { rb_hash_foreach(hash, rb_hash_update_block_i, self); } else { rb_hash_foreach(hash, rb_hash_update_i, self); } } return self; }
Returns a new 2-element Array consisting of the key and value of the
first-found entry whose value is ==
to value (see Entry Order):
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 1} h.rassoc(1) # => [:bar, 1]
Returns nil
if no such value found.
VALUE rb_hash_rassoc(VALUE hash, VALUE obj) { VALUE args[2]; args[0] = obj; args[1] = Qnil; rb_hash_foreach(hash, rassoc_i, (VALUE)args); return args[1]; }
Rebuilds the hash table by recomputing the hash index for each key; returns
self
.
The hash table becomes invalid if the hash value of a key has changed after the entry was created. See Modifying an Active Hash Key.
VALUE rb_hash_rehash(VALUE hash) { VALUE tmp; st_table *tbl; if (RHASH_ITER_LEV(hash) > 0) { rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "rehash during iteration"); } rb_hash_modify_check(hash); if (RHASH_AR_TABLE_P(hash)) { tmp = hash_alloc(0); ar_alloc_table(tmp); rb_hash_foreach(hash, rb_hash_rehash_i, (VALUE)tmp); ar_free_and_clear_table(hash); ar_copy(hash, tmp); ar_free_and_clear_table(tmp); } else if (RHASH_ST_TABLE_P(hash)) { st_table *old_tab = RHASH_ST_TABLE(hash); tmp = hash_alloc(0); tbl = st_init_table_with_size(old_tab->type, old_tab->num_entries); RHASH_ST_TABLE_SET(tmp, tbl); rb_hash_foreach(hash, rb_hash_rehash_i, (VALUE)tmp); st_free_table(old_tab); RHASH_ST_TABLE_SET(hash, tbl); RHASH_ST_CLEAR(tmp); } hash_verify(hash); return hash; }
Returns a new Hash object whose entries are all those from
self
for which the block returns false
or
nil
:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h1 = h.reject {|key, value| key.start_with?('b') } h1 # => {:foo=>0}
Returns a new Enumerator if no block given:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} e = h.reject # => #<Enumerator: {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}:reject> h1 = e.each {|key, value| key.start_with?('b') } h1 # => {:foo=>0}
VALUE rb_hash_reject(VALUE hash) { VALUE result; RETURN_SIZED_ENUMERATOR(hash, 0, 0, hash_enum_size); if (RTEST(ruby_verbose)) { VALUE klass; if (HAS_EXTRA_STATES(hash, klass)) { rb_warn("extra states are no longer copied: %+"PRIsVALUE, hash); } } result = rb_hash_new(); if (!RHASH_EMPTY_P(hash)) { rb_hash_foreach(hash, reject_i, result); } return result; }
Returns self
, whose remaining entries are those for which the
block returns false
or nil
:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.reject! {|key, value| value < 2 } # => {:baz=>2}
Returns nil
if no entries are removed.
Returns a new Enumerator if no block given:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} e = h.reject! # => #<Enumerator: {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}:reject!> e.each {|key, value| key.start_with?('b') } # => {:foo=>0}
VALUE rb_hash_reject_bang(VALUE hash) { st_index_t n; RETURN_SIZED_ENUMERATOR(hash, 0, 0, hash_enum_size); rb_hash_modify(hash); n = RHASH_SIZE(hash); if (!n) return Qnil; rb_hash_foreach(hash, delete_if_i, hash); if (n == RHASH_SIZE(hash)) return Qnil; return hash; }
Replaces the entire contents of self
with the contents of
other_hash
; returns self
:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.replace({bat: 3, bam: 4}) # => {:bat=>3, :bam=>4}
static VALUE rb_hash_replace(VALUE hash, VALUE hash2) { rb_hash_modify_check(hash); if (hash == hash2) return hash; if (RHASH_ITER_LEV(hash) > 0) { rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "can't replace hash during iteration"); } hash2 = to_hash(hash2); COPY_DEFAULT(hash, hash2); if (RHASH_AR_TABLE_P(hash)) { if (RHASH_AR_TABLE_P(hash2)) { ar_clear(hash); } else { ar_free_and_clear_table(hash); RHASH_ST_TABLE_SET(hash, st_init_table_with_size(RHASH_TYPE(hash2), RHASH_SIZE(hash2))); } } else { if (RHASH_AR_TABLE_P(hash2)) { st_free_table(RHASH_ST_TABLE(hash)); RHASH_ST_CLEAR(hash); } else { st_clear(RHASH_ST_TABLE(hash)); RHASH_TBL_RAW(hash)->type = RHASH_ST_TABLE(hash2)->type; } } rb_hash_foreach(hash2, rb_hash_rehash_i, (VALUE)hash); rb_gc_writebarrier_remember(hash); return hash; }
#filter is an alias for #select.
Returns a new Hash object whose entries are those for which the block returns a truthy value:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.select {|key, value| value < 2 } # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1}
Returns a new Enumerator if no block given:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} e = h.select # => #<Enumerator: {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}:select> e.each {|key, value| value < 2 } # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1}
static VALUE rb_hash_select(VALUE hash) { VALUE result; RETURN_SIZED_ENUMERATOR(hash, 0, 0, hash_enum_size); result = rb_hash_new(); if (!RHASH_EMPTY_P(hash)) { rb_hash_foreach(hash, select_i, result); } return result; }
#filter! is an alias for #select!.
Returns self
, whose entries are those for which the block
returns a truthy value:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.select! {|key, value| value < 2 } => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1}
Returns nil
if no entries were removed.
Returns a new Enumerator if no block given:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} e = h.select! # => #<Enumerator: {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}:select!> e.each { |key, value| value < 2 } # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1}
static VALUE rb_hash_select_bang(VALUE hash) { st_index_t n; RETURN_SIZED_ENUMERATOR(hash, 0, 0, hash_enum_size); rb_hash_modify_check(hash); n = RHASH_SIZE(hash); if (!n) return Qnil; rb_hash_foreach(hash, keep_if_i, hash); if (n == RHASH_SIZE(hash)) return Qnil; return hash; }
Removes the first hash entry (see Entry Order); returns a 2-element Array containing the removed key and value:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.shift # => [:foo, 0] h # => {:bar=>1, :baz=>2}
Returns the default value if the hash is empty (see Default Values).
static VALUE rb_hash_shift(VALUE hash) { struct shift_var var; rb_hash_modify_check(hash); if (RHASH_AR_TABLE_P(hash)) { var.key = Qundef; if (RHASH_ITER_LEV(hash) == 0) { if (ar_shift(hash, &var.key, &var.val)) { return rb_assoc_new(var.key, var.val); } } else { rb_hash_foreach(hash, shift_i_safe, (VALUE)&var); if (var.key != Qundef) { rb_hash_delete_entry(hash, var.key); return rb_assoc_new(var.key, var.val); } } } if (RHASH_ST_TABLE_P(hash)) { var.key = Qundef; if (RHASH_ITER_LEV(hash) == 0) { if (st_shift(RHASH_ST_TABLE(hash), &var.key, &var.val)) { return rb_assoc_new(var.key, var.val); } } else { rb_hash_foreach(hash, shift_i_safe, (VALUE)&var); if (var.key != Qundef) { rb_hash_delete_entry(hash, var.key); return rb_assoc_new(var.key, var.val); } } } return rb_hash_default_value(hash, Qnil); }
Returns a new Hash object containing the entries for the given
keys
:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.slice(:baz, :foo) # => {:baz=>2, :foo=>0}
Any given keys
that are not found are ignored.
static VALUE rb_hash_slice(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE hash) { int i; VALUE key, value, result; if (argc == 0 || RHASH_EMPTY_P(hash)) { return rb_hash_new(); } result = rb_hash_new_with_size(argc); for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) { key = argv[i]; value = rb_hash_lookup2(hash, key, Qundef); if (value != Qundef) rb_hash_aset(result, key, value); } return result; }
Associates the given value
with the given key
;
returns value
.
If the given key
exists, replaces its value with the given
value
; the ordering is not affected (see Entry Order):
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1} h[:foo] = 2 # => 2 h.store(:bar, 3) # => 3 h # => {:foo=>2, :bar=>3}
If key
does not exist, adds the key
and
value
; the new entry is last in the order (see Entry Order):
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1} h[:baz] = 2 # => 2 h.store(:bat, 3) # => 3 h # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2, :bat=>3}
VALUE rb_hash_aset(VALUE hash, VALUE key, VALUE val) { int iter_lev = RHASH_ITER_LEV(hash); rb_hash_modify(hash); if (RHASH_TABLE_NULL_P(hash)) { if (iter_lev > 0) no_new_key(); ar_alloc_table(hash); } if (RHASH_TYPE(hash) == &identhash || rb_obj_class(key) != rb_cString) { RHASH_UPDATE_ITER(hash, iter_lev, key, hash_aset, val); } else { RHASH_UPDATE_ITER(hash, iter_lev, key, hash_aset_str, val); } return val; }
Returns a new Array of 2-element Array objects; each nested Array contains
a key-value pair from self
:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.to_a # => [[:foo, 0], [:bar, 1], [:baz, 2]]
static VALUE rb_hash_to_a(VALUE hash) { VALUE ary; ary = rb_ary_new_capa(RHASH_SIZE(hash)); rb_hash_foreach(hash, to_a_i, ary); return ary; }
For an instance of Hash, returns self
.
For a subclass of Hash, returns a new Hash containing the content of
self
.
When a block is given, returns a new Hash object whose content is based on the block; the block should return a 2-element Array object specifying the key-value pair to be included in the returned Array:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h1 = h.to_h {|key, value| [value, key] } h1 # => {0=>:foo, 1=>:bar, 2=>:baz}
static VALUE rb_hash_to_h(VALUE hash) { if (rb_block_given_p()) { return rb_hash_to_h_block(hash); } if (rb_obj_class(hash) != rb_cHash) { const VALUE flags = RBASIC(hash)->flags; hash = hash_dup(hash, rb_cHash, flags & RHASH_PROC_DEFAULT); } return hash; }
Returns self
.
static VALUE rb_hash_to_hash(VALUE hash) { return hash; }
Returns a Proc object that maps a key to its value:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} proc = h.to_proc proc.class # => Proc proc.call(:foo) # => 0 proc.call(:bar) # => 1 proc.call(:nosuch) # => nil
static VALUE rb_hash_to_proc(VALUE hash) { return rb_func_lambda_new(hash_proc_call, hash, 1, 1); }
Returns a new Hash object; each entry has:
A key provided by the block.
The value from self
.
An optional hash argument can be provided to map keys to new keys. Any key not given will be mapped using the provided block, or remain the same if no block is given.
Transform keys:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h1 = h.transform_keys {|key| key.to_s } h1 # => {"foo"=>0, "bar"=>1, "baz"=>2} h.transform_keys(foo: :bar, bar: :foo) #=> {bar: 0, foo: 1, baz: 2} h.transform_keys(foo: :hello, &:to_s) #=> {:hello=>0, "bar"=>1, "baz"=>2}
Overwrites values for duplicate keys:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h1 = h.transform_keys {|key| :bat } h1 # => {:bat=>2}
Returns a new Enumerator if no block given:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} e = h.transform_keys # => #<Enumerator: {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}:transform_keys> h1 = e.each { |key| key.to_s } h1 # => {"foo"=>0, "bar"=>1, "baz"=>2}
static VALUE rb_hash_transform_keys(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE hash) { VALUE result; struct transform_keys_args transarg = {0}; argc = rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1); if (argc > 0) { transarg.trans = to_hash(argv[0]); transarg.block_given = rb_block_given_p(); } else { RETURN_SIZED_ENUMERATOR(hash, 0, 0, hash_enum_size); } result = rb_hash_new(); if (!RHASH_EMPTY_P(hash)) { if (transarg.trans) { transarg.result = result; rb_hash_foreach(hash, transform_keys_hash_i, (VALUE)&transarg); } else { rb_hash_foreach(hash, transform_keys_i, result); } } return result; }
Same as #transform_keys but modifies the receiver in place instead of returning a new hash.
static VALUE rb_hash_transform_keys_bang(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE hash) { VALUE trans = 0; int block_given = 0; argc = rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1); if (argc > 0) { trans = to_hash(argv[0]); block_given = rb_block_given_p(); } else { RETURN_SIZED_ENUMERATOR(hash, 0, 0, hash_enum_size); } rb_hash_modify_check(hash); if (!RHASH_TABLE_EMPTY_P(hash)) { long i; VALUE pairs = rb_hash_flatten(0, NULL, hash); rb_hash_clear(hash); for (i = 0; i < RARRAY_LEN(pairs); i += 2) { VALUE key = RARRAY_AREF(pairs, i), new_key, val; if (!trans) { new_key = rb_yield(key); } else if ((new_key = rb_hash_lookup2(trans, key, Qundef)) != Qundef) { /* use the transformed key */ } else if (block_given) { new_key = rb_yield(key); } else { new_key = key; } val = RARRAY_AREF(pairs, i+1); rb_hash_aset(hash, new_key, val); } } return hash; }
Returns a new Hash object; each entry has:
A key from self
.
A value provided by the block.
Transform values:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h1 = h.transform_values {|value| value * 100} h1 # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>100, :baz=>200}
Returns a new Enumerator if no block given:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} e = h.transform_values # => #<Enumerator: {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}:transform_values> h1 = e.each { |value| value * 100} h1 # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>100, :baz=>200}
static VALUE rb_hash_transform_values(VALUE hash) { VALUE result; RETURN_SIZED_ENUMERATOR(hash, 0, 0, hash_enum_size); result = hash_copy(hash_alloc(rb_cHash), hash); SET_DEFAULT(result, Qnil); if (!RHASH_EMPTY_P(hash)) { rb_hash_stlike_foreach_with_replace(result, transform_values_foreach_func, transform_values_foreach_replace, result); } return result; }
Returns self
, whose keys are unchanged, and whose values are
determined by the given block.
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.transform_values! {|value| value * 100} # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>100, :baz=>200}
Returns a new Enumerator if no block given:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} e = h.transform_values! # => #<Enumerator: {:foo=>0, :bar=>100, :baz=>200}:transform_values!> h1 = e.each {|value| value * 100} h1 # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>100, :baz=>200}
static VALUE rb_hash_transform_values_bang(VALUE hash) { RETURN_SIZED_ENUMERATOR(hash, 0, 0, hash_enum_size); rb_hash_modify_check(hash); if (!RHASH_TABLE_EMPTY_P(hash)) { rb_hash_stlike_foreach_with_replace(hash, transform_values_foreach_func, transform_values_foreach_replace, hash); } return hash; }
Merges each of other_hashes
into self
; returns
self
.
Each argument in other_hashes
must be a Hash.
Method update is an alias for #merge!.
With arguments and no block:
Returns self
, after the given hashes are merged into it.
The given hashes are merged left to right.
Each new entry is added at the end.
Each duplicate-key entry’s value overwrites the previous value.
Example:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h1 = {bat: 3, bar: 4} h2 = {bam: 5, bat:6} h.merge!(h1, h2) # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>4, :baz=>2, :bat=>6, :bam=>5}
With arguments and a block:
Returns self
, after the given hashes are merged.
The given hashes are merged left to right.
Each new-key entry is added at the end.
For each duplicate key:
Calls the block with the key and the old and new values.
The block’s return value becomes the new value for the entry.
Example:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h1 = {bat: 3, bar: 4} h2 = {bam: 5, bat:6} h3 = h.merge!(h1, h2) { |key, old_value, new_value| old_value + new_value } h3 # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>5, :baz=>2, :bat=>9, :bam=>5}
With no arguments:
Returns self
, unmodified.
The block, if given, is ignored.
Example:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.merge # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2} h1 = h.merge! { |key, old_value, new_value| raise 'Cannot happen' } h1 # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}
static VALUE rb_hash_update(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self) { int i; bool block_given = rb_block_given_p(); rb_hash_modify(self); for (i = 0; i < argc; i++){ VALUE hash = to_hash(argv[i]); if (block_given) { rb_hash_foreach(hash, rb_hash_update_block_i, self); } else { rb_hash_foreach(hash, rb_hash_update_i, self); } } return self; }
Returns true
if value
is a value in
self
, otherwise false
.
static VALUE rb_hash_has_value(VALUE hash, VALUE val) { VALUE data[2]; data[0] = Qfalse; data[1] = val; rb_hash_foreach(hash, rb_hash_search_value, (VALUE)data); return data[0]; }
Returns a new Array containing all values in self
:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.values # => [0, 1, 2]
VALUE rb_hash_values(VALUE hash) { VALUE values; st_index_t size = RHASH_SIZE(hash); values = rb_ary_new_capa(size); if (size == 0) return values; if (ST_DATA_COMPATIBLE_P(VALUE)) { if (RHASH_AR_TABLE_P(hash)) { rb_gc_writebarrier_remember(values); RARRAY_PTR_USE_TRANSIENT(values, ptr, { size = ar_values(hash, ptr, size); }); } else if (RHASH_ST_TABLE_P(hash)) { st_table *table = RHASH_ST_TABLE(hash); rb_gc_writebarrier_remember(values); RARRAY_PTR_USE_TRANSIENT(values, ptr, { size = st_values(table, ptr, size); }); } rb_ary_set_len(values, size); } else { rb_hash_foreach(hash, values_i, values); } return values; }
Returns a new Array containing values for the given keys
:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.values_at(:baz, :foo) # => [2, 0]
The default values are returned for any keys that are not found:
h.values_at(:hello, :foo) # => [nil, 0]
VALUE rb_hash_values_at(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE hash) { VALUE result = rb_ary_new2(argc); long i; for (i=0; i<argc; i++) { rb_ary_push(result, rb_hash_aref(hash, argv[i])); } return result; }