How to I reference an array member in Ruby? - ruby

Question

Given this array in Ruby:
myarray = [name: "John", age: 35]
How do I refer to the age?
I tried myarray[:age] but got an error can't convert Symbol into Integer
Update:
I was trying to simplify my question by extracting what I thought my problem is. I may not understand completely.
I'm experimenting with Dashing and trying to send a number to a meter widget. I've created a variable, 'response_raw' and am trying to send it in the third send event. Here's my code:
SCHEDULER.every '1m', :first_in => 0 do
# Get checks
url = "https://#{CGI::escape user}:#{CGI::escape password}#api.pingdom.com/api/2.0/checks"
`enter code here`response = RestClient.get(url, {"App-Key" => api_key})
response = JSON.parse(response.body, :symbolize_names => true)
if response[:checks]
checks = response[:checks].map { |check|
if check[:status] == 'up'
state = 'up'
last_response_time = "#{check[:lastresponsetime]}ms"
response_raw = check[:lastresponsetime]
else
state = 'down'
last_response_time = "DOWN"
response_raw = 0
end
{ name: check[:name], state: state, lastRepsonseTime: last_response_time, pt: response_raw }
}
else
checks = [name: "pingdom", state: "down", lastRepsonseTime: "-", pt: 0]
end
checks.sort_by { |check| check['name'] }
send_event('pingdom', { checks: checks })
send_event('pingdom-meter', { value: checks[:pt] })
end

Answer 1

In CoffeeScript [name: "John", age: 35] is an array containing single object with two properties (name and age).
Here is how it'll look in plain JavaScript:
myarray = [
{
name: "John",
age: 35
}
];
So, answering your question, to access an age you should take the first element of an array and then reference an age property:
myarray[0].age
or
myarray[0]['age']
But, judging from your question, your're probably using wrong data structure. Why don't you want to use a plain object instead of an array?
person = name: "John", age: 35
console.log "#{person.name}'s age is #{person.age}"
Update
It looks like your question is actually about Ruby and not about CoffeeScript. Though, my answer will remain the same.
To access an age you should take the first element of an array and then reference an age property:
myarray[0][:age]
Since myarray is an array, Ruby expects an integer index, but you're giving it symbol :age instead.

Answer 2

I finally figured it out with Leonid's help. Thank you.
I changed:
send_event('pingdom-meter', { value: checks[:pt] })
to
send_event('pingdom-meter', { value: checks[0][:pt] })