Ruby hash with key as hash and value as array - ruby

Question

I am creating a hash, whose key is a hash and the value is an array. E.g.,
shop = Hash.new
items.each do |item|
grouping_key = {
'name'=> item['name'],
'value'=> item['value']
}
shop [grouping_key] ||= Array.new
shop [grouping_key] << item
end
Here, I am grouping each item based on grouping key. For the following items:
Item1 = {'name'=>'test', 'value'=>10, 'color'=>'black', 'description'=>'item1'}
Item2 = {'name'=>'test2', 'value'=>10, 'color'=>'blue', 'description'=>'item2'}
Item3 = {'name'=>'test', 'value'=>10, 'color'=>'black', 'description'=>'item3'}
Item4 = {'name'=>'test2', 'value'=>10, 'color'=>'blue', 'description'=>'item4'}
my shop hash will be:
shop = {{'name'=>'test', 'value'=>10}=>[Item1, Item3], {name=>test2, value=>10}=>[Item2, Item4]}
I wanted to add color to hash key, but not as part of grouping key. Is it possible to do so without reiterating over hash and modifying it? e.g.
shop = {{'name'=>'test', 'value'=>10, 'color'=>'black'}=>[Item1, Item3], {'name'=>'test2', 'value'=>10, 'color'=>'blue'}=>[Item2, Item4]}
Any other approach will also be helpful.

Answer 1

Your initial code is equivalent to
shop = items.group_by do | i |
{'name' => i['name'], 'value' => i['value'] }
end
To add the color to the key hash, simply do
shop = items.group_by do | i |
{'name' => i['name'], 'value' => i['value'], 'color' => i['color'] }
end
Now, you are grouping by color too.
If this is not your intention ("but not as part of grouping key"), i.e. if there can be items with the same name and value but different color, and these items shall go into the same group, then you first have to decide which color should be in the group's hash then.
In that case, postprocessing the hash would be simplest:
shop = items.group_by do | i |
{'name' => i['name'], 'value' => i['value'] }
end
shop.keys.each { | h | h['color'] = shop[h].sample['color'] }