String to array to multidimensional hash in ruby - ruby

I don't really know if the title is correct, but the question is quite simple:
I have a value and a key.
The key is as follows:
"one.two.three"
Now, how can I set this hash:
params['one']['two']['three'] = value


You can try to do it with this code:
keys = "one.two.three".split '.' # => ["one", "two", "three"]
params = {}; value = 1; i = 0; # i is an index of processed keys array element
keys.reduce(params) { |hash, key|
hash[key] = if (i += 1) == keys.length
value # assign value to the last key in keys array
else
hash[key] || {} # initialize hash if it is not initialized yet (won't loose already initialized hashes)
end
}
puts params # {"one"=>{"two"=>{"three"=>1}}}


Use recursion:
def make_hash(keys)
keys.empty? ? 1 : { keys.shift => make_hash(keys) }
end
puts make_hash("one.two.three".split '.')
# => {"one"=>{"two"=>{"three"=>1}}}


You can use the inject method:
key = "one.two.three"
value = 5
arr = key.split(".").reverse
arr[1..-1].inject({arr[0] => value}){ |memo, i| {i => memo} }
# => {"one"=>{"two"=>{"three"=>5}}}

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How can I parse a string into a hash?

I am trying to parse a string into a hash.
str = "Notifications[0].Open=1
Notifications[0].Body.Message[0]=3455
Notifications[0].Body.Message[1]=2524
Notifications[0].Body.Message[2]=2544
Notifications[0].Body.Message[3]=2452
Notifications[0].Body.Error[0]=2455
Notifications[0].Body.Currency=EUR
Notifications[0].Published=true"
The result should look similar to this:
pairs = {
'Open' = 1,
'Published' => true
'Body' => {
'Message' => [3455, 2524, 2544, 2452],
'Error' => [2455],
'Currency' => 'EUR',
}
}
Maybe someone can help on how I can make it. The only way I can think as for now is regexp.

something like this with regexp:
require 'pp'
str = "Notifications[0].Open=1
Notifications[0].Body.Message[0]=3455
Notifications[0].Body.Message[1]=2524
Notifications[0].Body.Message[2]=2544
Notifications[0].Body.Message[3]=2452
Notifications[0].Body.Error[0]=2455
Notifications[0].Body.Currency=EUR
Notifications[0].Published=true"
pairs = {}
pairs['Body'] = {}
values = []
str.scan(/Body\W+(.+)/).flatten.each do |line|
key = line[/\A\w+/]
value = line[/\w+\z/]
if line[/\A\w+\[\d+\]/] || key == 'Error'
values = [] unless pairs['Body'][key]
values << value
value = values
end
pairs['Body'][key] = value
end
str.scan(/\[0\]\.(?!Body.).*/).each do |line|
key = line[/(?!\A)\.(\w+)/, 1]
value = line[/\w+\z/]
if line[/\A\w+\[\d+\]/]
values = [] unless pairs[key]
values << value
value = values
end
pairs[key] = value
end
PP.pp pairs
-
{"Body"=>
{"Message"=>["3455", "2524", "2544", "2452"],
"Error"=>["2455"],
"Currency"=>"EUR"},
"Open"=>"1",
"Published"=>"true"}

Here it is. This code should work with any structure.
def parse(path, value, hash)
key, rest = path.split('.', 2)
if rest.nil?
hash[key] = value
else
hash[key] ||= {}
parse(rest, value, hash[key])
end
end
def conv_to_array(hash)
if hash.is_a?(Hash)
hash.each do |key, value|
hash[key] = if value.is_a?(Hash) && value.keys.all? { |k| k !~ /\D/ }
arr = []
value.each do |k, v|
arr[k.to_i] = conv_to_array(v)
end
arr
else
conv_to_array(value)
end
end
hash
else
if hash !~ /\D/
hash.to_i
elsif hash == 'true'
true
elsif hash == 'false'
false
else
hash
end
end
end
str = "Notifications[0].Open=1
Notifications[0].Body.Message[0]=3455
Notifications[0].Body.Message[1]=2524
Notifications[0].Body.Message[2]=2544
Notifications[0].Body.Message[3]=2452
Notifications[0].Body.Error[0]=2455
Notifications[0].Body.Currency=EUR
Notifications[0].Published=true"
str = str.tr('[', '.').tr(']', '')
hash = {}
str.split(' ').each do |chunk|
path, value = chunk.split('=')
parse(path.strip, value.strip, hash)
end
hash = conv_to_array(hash)
hash['Notifications'][0]
# => {"Open"=>1, "Body"=>{"Message"=>[3455, 2524, 2544, 2452], "Error"=>[2455], "Currency"=>"EUR"}, "Published"=>true}

Safely assign value to nested hash using Hash#dig or Lonely operator(&.)

h = {
data: {
user: {
value: "John Doe"
}
}
}
To assign value to the nested hash, we can use
h[:data][:user][:value] = "Bob"
However if any part in the middle is missing, it will cause error.
Something like
h.dig(:data, :user, :value) = "Bob"
won't work, since there's no Hash#dig= available yet.
To safely assign value, we can do
h.dig(:data, :user)&.[]=(:value, "Bob") # or equivalently
h.dig(:data, :user)&.store(:value, "Bob")
But is there better way to do that?

It's not without its caveats (and doesn't work if you're receiving the hash from elsewhere), but a common solution is this:
hash = Hash.new {|h,k| h[k] = h.class.new(&h.default_proc) }
hash[:data][:user][:value] = "Bob"
p hash
# => { :data => { :user => { :value => "Bob" } } }

And building on #rellampec's answer, ones that does not throw errors:
def dig_set(obj, keys, value)
key = keys.first
if keys.length == 1
obj[key] = value
else
obj[key] = {} unless obj[key]
dig_set(obj[key], keys.slice(1..-1), value)
end
end
obj = {d: 'hey'}
dig_set(obj, [:a, :b, :c], 'val')
obj #=> {d: 'hey', a: {b: {c: 'val'}}}

interesting one:
def dig_set(obj, keys, value)
if keys.length == 1
obj[keys.first] = value
else
dig_set(obj[keys.first], keys.slice(1..-1), value)
end
end
will raise an exception anyways if there's no [] or []= methods.

I found a simple solution to set the value of a nested hash, even if a parent key is missing, even if the hash already exists. Given:
x = { gojira: { guitar: { joe: 'charvel' } } }
Suppose you wanted to include mario's drum to result in:
x = { gojira: { guitar: { joe: 'charvel' }, drum: { mario: 'tama' } } }
I ended up monkey-patching Hash:
class Hash
# ensures nested hash from keys, and sets final key to value
# keys: Array of Symbol|String
# value: any
def nested_set(keys, value)
raise "DEBUG: nested_set keys must be an Array" unless keys.is_a?(Array)
final_key = keys.pop
return unless valid_key?(final_key)
position = self
for key in keys
return unless valid_key?(key)
position[key] = {} unless position[key].is_a?(Hash)
position = position[key]
end
position[final_key] = value
end
private
# returns true if key is valid
def valid_key?(key)
return true if key.is_a?(Symbol) || key.is_a?(String)
raise "DEBUG: nested_set invalid key: #{key} (#{key.class})"
end
end
usage:
x.nested_set([:instrument, :drum, :mario], 'tama')
usage for your example:
h.nested_set([:data, :user, :value], 'Bob')
any caveats i missed? any better way to write the code without sacrificing readability?

Searching for an answer to a similar question I developmentally stumbled upon an interface similar to #niels-kristian's answer, but wanted to also support a namespace definition parameter, like an xpath.
def deep_merge(memo, source)
# From: http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/142809
# Author: Stefan Rusterholz
merger = proc { |key, v1, v2| Hash === v1 && Hash === v2 ? v1.merge(v2, &merger) : v2 }
memo.merge!(source, &merger)
end
# Like Hash#dig, but for setting a value at an xpath
def bury(memo, xpath, value, delimiter=%r{\.})
xpath = xpath.split(delimiter) if xpath.respond_to?(:split)
xpath.map!{|x|x.to_s.to_sym}.push(value)
deep_merge(memo, xpath.reverse.inject { |memo, field| {field.to_sym => memo} })
end
Nested hashes are sort of like xpaths, and the opposite of dig is bury.
irb(main):014:0> memo = {:test=>"value"}
=> {:test=>"value"}
irb(main):015:0> bury(memo, 'test.this.long.path', 'value')
=> {:test=>{:this=>{:long=>{:path=>"value"}}}}
irb(main):016:0> bury(memo, [:test, 'this', 2, 4.0], 'value')
=> {:test=>{:this=>{:long=>{:path=>"value"}, :"2"=>{:"4.0"=>"value"}}}}
irb(main):017:0> bury(memo, 'test.this.long.path.even.longer', 'value')
=> {:test=>{:this=>{:long=>{:path=>{:even=>{:longer=>"value"}}}, :"2"=>{:"4.0"=>"value"}}}}
irb(main):018:0> bury(memo, 'test.this.long.other.even.longer', 'other')
=> {:test=>{:this=>{:long=>{:path=>{:even=>{:longer=>"value"}}, :other=>{:even=>{:longer=>"other"}}}, :"2"=>{:"4.0"=>"value"}}}}

A more ruby-helper-like version of #niels-kristian answer
You can use it like:
a = {}
a.bury!([:a, :b], "foo")
a # => {:a => { :b => "foo" }}
class Hash
def bury!(keys, value)
key = keys.first
if keys.length == 1
self[key] = value
else
self[key] = {} unless self[key]
self[key].bury!(keys.slice(1..-1), value)
end
self
end
end

For each array item with key collect value and make new array with key and array of values

I've got an array with structure like
linkword = ['people','http:mysite.org/people-appears-here'],
['people','http:mysite.org/people-appears-here-to'],
['people','http:mysite.org/people-appears-here-aswell'],
['crayons','http:mysite.org/crayons-appears-here-to'],
['crayons','http:mysite.org/crayons-appears-here-aswell'],
['boats','http:mysite.org/boats-appears-here-aswell'],
And I want to create an array (hash?) like
['people' => ['http:mysite.org/people-appears-here', 'http:mysite.org/people-appears-here-to', 'http:mysite.org/people-appears-here-aswell']],
['crayons' => ['http:mysite.org/crayons-appears-here', 'http:mysite.org/crayons-appears-here-to']],
['boats' => ['http:mysite.org/boats-appears-here']],
I'm trying to figure out how to do above
linkword.each_with_object(a) { |(k,v),m|
while a == k
temphash[a] << v
end
pp temphash
}
end

linkword.group_by(&:first).each_with_object({}) {|(k, v), h| h[k] = v.flatten.reject{|i| i == k } }
#=> {"people"=>["http:mysite.org/people-appears-here", "http:mysite.org/people-appears-here-to", "http:mysite.org/people-appears-here-aswell"],
# "crayons"=>["http:mysite.org/crayons-appears-here-to", "http:mysite.org/crayons-appears-here-aswell"],
# "boats"=>["http:mysite.org/boats-appears-here-aswell"]}

Ruby associative array calculation

I have an associative array in ruby which I want to convert into a hash. This hash will represent the first values as key and sum of their second values as its value.
x = [[1,2],[1,3],[0,1],[0,2],[0,3],[1,5],[0,4],[1,6],[0,9],[1,9]]
How can I get a hash like the following from this associative array?
{
:0 => <sum_of_second_values_with_0_as_first_values>,
:1 => <sum_of_second_values_with_1_as_first_values>
}

It is not very beautiful but it works.
x = [[1,2],[1,3],[0,1],[0,2],[0,3],[1,5],[0,4],[1,6],[0,9],[1,9]]
p Hash[
x.group_by(&:first)
.map do |key, val|
[key,val.map(&:last).inject(:+)]
end
] # => {1=>25, 0=>19}
On second thought, this is simpler:
result = Hash.new(0)
x.each{|item| result[item.first] += item.last}
p result # => {1=>25, 0=>19}

An easy solution using reduce.
It starts with an empty Hash and iterates over all elements of x.
For each pair it adds its value to the hash element at key (if this index wasn't set before, default is 0). The last line sets the memory variable hash for the next iteration.
x.reduce(Hash.new(0)) { |hash, pair|
key, value = pair
hash[key] += value
hash
}
EDIT: set hash default at initialization

x = [[1,2],[1,3],[0,1],[0,2],[0,3],[1,5],[0,4],[1,6],[0,9],[1,9]]
arr_0,arr_1 = x.partition{|a,b| a==0 }
Hash[0,arr_0.map(&:last).inject(:+),1,arr_1.map(&:last).inject(:+)]
# => {0=>19, 1=>25}
or
x = [[1,2],[1,3],[0,1],[0,2],[0,3],[1,5],[0,4],[1,6],[0,9],[1,9]]
hsh = x.group_by{|a| a.first}.each_with_object(Hash.new(0)) do |(k,v),h|
h[k]=v.map(&:last).inject(:+)
end
hsh
# => {1=>25, 0=>19}

each_with_object also works
[[1,2],[1,3],[0,1],[0,2],[0,3],[1,5],[0,4],[1,6],[0,9],[1,9]].
each_with_object(Hash.new(0)) {|(first,last), h| h[first] += last }
# => {1=>25, 0=>19}

Can't convert symbol to integer from hash table

Edit: The issue is being unable to get the quantity of arrays within the hash, so it can be, x = amount of arrays. so it can be used as function.each_index{|x| code }
Trying to use the index of the amount of rows as a way of repeating an action X amount of times depending on how much data is pulled from a CSV file.
Terminal issued
=> Can't convert symbol to integer (TypeError)
Complete error:
=> ~/home/tests/Product.rb:30:in '[]' can't convert symbol into integer (TypeError) from ~home/tests/Product.rub:30:in 'getNumbRel'
from test.rb:36:in '<main>'
the function is that is performing the action is:
def getNumRel
if defined? #releaseHashTable
return #releaseHashTable[:releasename].length
else
#releaseHashTable = readReleaseCSV()
return #releaseHashTable[:releasename].length
end
end
The csv data pull is just a hash of arrays, nothing snazzy.
def readReleaseCSV()
$log.info("Method "+"#{self.class.name}"+"."+"#{__method__}"+" has started")
$log.debug("reading product csv file")
# Create a Hash where the default is an empty Array
result = Array.new
csvPath = "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}"+"/../../data/addingProdRelProjIterTestSuite/releaseCSVdata.csv"
CSV.foreach(csvPath, :headers => true, :header_converters => :symbol) do |row|
row.each do |column, value|
if "#{column}" == "prodid"
proHash = Hash.new { |h, k| h[k] = [ ] }
proHash['relid'] << row[:relid]
proHash['releasename'] << row[:releasename]
proHash['inheritcomponents'] << row[:inheritcomponents]
productId = Integer(value)
if result[productId] == nil
result[productId] = Array.new
end
result[productId][result[productId].length] = proHash
end
end
end
$log.info("Method "+"#{self.class.name}"+"."+"#{__method__}"+" has finished")
#productReleaseArr = result
end

Sorry, couldn't resist, cleaned up your method.
# empty brackets unnecessary, no uppercase in method names
def read_release_csv
# you don't need + here
$log.info("Method #{self.class.name}.#{__method__} has started")
$log.debug("reading product csv file")
# you're returning this array. It is not a hash. [] is preferred over Array.new
result = []
csvPath = "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../../data/addingProdRelProjIterTestSuite/releaseCSVdata.csv"
CSV.foreach(csvPath, :headers => true, :header_converters => :symbol) do |row|
row.each do |column, value|
# to_s is preferred
if column.to_s == "prodid"
proHash = Hash.new { |h, k| h[k] = [ ] }
proHash['relid'] << row[:relid]
proHash['releasename'] << row[:releasename]
proHash['inheritcomponents'] << row[:inheritcomponents]
# to_i is preferred
productId = value.to_i
# this notation is preferred
result[productId] ||= []
# this is identical to what you did and more readable
result[productId] << proHash
end
end
end
$log.info("Method #{self.class.name}.#{__method__} has finished")
#productReleaseArr = result
end

You haven't given much to go on, but it appears that #releaseHashTable contains an Array, not a Hash.
Update: Based on the implementation you posted, you can see that productId is an integer and that the return value of readReleaseCSV() is an array.
In order to get the releasename you want, you have to do this:
#releaseHashTable[productId][n][:releasename]
where productId and n are integers. Either you'll have to specify them specifically, or (if you don't know n) you'll have to introduce a loop to collect all the releasenames for all the products of a particular productId.

This is what Mark Thomas meant:
> a = [1,2,3] # => [1, 2, 3]
> a[:sym]
TypeError: can't convert Symbol into Integer
# here starts the backstrace
from (irb):2:in `[]'
from (irb):2
An Array is only accessible by an index like so a[1] this fetches the second element from the array
Your return a an array and thats why your code fails:
#....
result = Array.new
#....
#productReleaseArr = result
# and then later on you call
#releaseHashTable = readReleaseCSV()
#releaseHashTable[:releasename] # which gives you TypeError: can't convert Symbol into Integer

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