Ruby: Get all keys in a hash (including sub keys) - ruby

Question

let's have this hash:
hash = {"a" => 1, "b" => {"c" => 3}}
hash.get_all_keys
=> ["a", "b", "c"]
how can i get all keys since hash.keys returns just ["a", "b"]

Answer 1

This will give you an array of all the keys for any level of nesting.
def get_em(h)
h.each_with_object([]) do |(k,v),keys|
keys << k
keys.concat(get_em(v)) if v.is_a? Hash
end
end
hash = {"a" => 1, "b" => {"c" => {"d" => 3}}}
get_em(hash) # => ["a", "b", "c", "d"]

Answer 2

I find grep useful here:
def get_keys(hash)
( hash.keys + hash.values.grep(Hash){|sub_hash| get_keys(sub_hash) } ).flatten
end
p get_keys my_nested_hash #=> ["a", "b", "c"]
I like the solution as it is short, yet it reads very nicely.

Answer 3

Version that keeps the hierarchy of the keys
Works with arrays
Works with nested hashes
keys_only.rb
# one-liner
def keys_only(h); h.map { |k, v| v = v.first if v.is_a?(Array); v.is_a?(Hash) ? [k, keys_only(v)] : k }; end
# nicer
def keys_only(h)
h.map do |k, v|
v = v.first if v.is_a?(Array);
if v.is_a?(Hash)
[k, keys_only(v)]
else
k
end
end
end
hash = { a: 1, b: { c: { d: 3 } }, e: [{ f: 3 }, { f: 5 }] }
keys_only(hash)
# => [:a, [:b, [[:c, [:d]]]], [:e, [:f]]]
P.S.: Yes, it looks like a lexer :D
Bonus: Print the keys in a nice nested list
# one-liner
def print_keys(a, n = 0); a.each { |el| el.is_a?(Array) ? el[1] && el[1].class == Array ? print_keys(el, n) : print_keys(el, n + 1) : (puts " " * n + "- #{el}") }; nil; end
# nicer
def print_keys(a, n = 0)
a.each do |el|
if el.is_a?(Array)
if el[1] && el[1].class == Array
print_keys(el, n)
else
print_keys(el, n + 1)
end
else
puts " " * n + "- #{el}"
end
end
nil
end
> print_keys(keys_only(hash))
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f

Answer 4

def get_all_keys(hash)
hash.map do |k, v|
Hash === v ? [k, get_all_keys(v)] : [k]
end.flatten
end

Answer 5

Please take a look of following code:
hash = {"a" => 1, "b" => {"c" => 3}}
keys = hash.keys + hash.select{|_,value|value.is_a?(Hash)}
.map{|_,value| value.keys}.flatten
p keys
result:
["a", "b", "c"]
New solution, considering #Bala's comments.
class Hash
def recursive_keys
if any?{|_,value| value.is_a?(Hash)}
keys + select{|_,value|value.is_a?(Hash)}
.map{|_,value| value.recursive_keys}.flatten
else
keys
end
end
end
hash = {"a" => 1, "b" => {"c" => {"d" => 3}}, "e" => {"f" => 3}}
p hash.recursive_keys
result:
["a", "b", "e", "c", "d", "f"]

Answer 6

Also deal with nested arrays that include hashes
def all_keys(items)
case items
when Hash then items.keys + items.values.flat_map { |v| all_keys(v) }
when Array then items.flat_map { |i| all_keys(i) }
else []
end
end

Answer 7

class Hash
def get_all_keys
[].tap do |result|
result << keys
values.select { |v| v.respond_to?(:get_all_keys) }.each do |value|
result << value.get_all_keys
end
end.flatten
end
end
hash = {"a" => 1, "b" => {"c" => 3}}
puts hash.get_all_keys.inspect # => ["a", "b", "c"]

Answer 8

Here is another approach :
def get_all_keys(h)
h.each_with_object([]){|(k,v),a| v.is_a?(Hash) ? a.push(k,*get_all_keys(v)) : a << k }
end
hash = {"a" => 1, "b" => {"c" => {"d" => 3}}}
p get_all_keys(hash)
# >> ["a", "b", "c", "d"]

Answer 9

I'm sure there is a more elegant solution, but this option works:
blah = {"a" => 1, "b" => {"c" => 3}}
results = []
blah.each do |k,v|
if v.is_a? Hash
results << k
v.each_key {|key| results << key}
else
results << k
end
end
puts results

Answer 10

hash.keys is the simplest one I have seen to return an array of the key values in a hash.