Sort items in a nested hash by their key - ruby-on-rails

I have a nested hash with unsorted keys:
given = {
"lorem" => {
:AA => "foo",
:GR => "foo",
:BB => "foo"
},
"ipsum" => {
:ZZ => "foo",
:GR => "foo",
}
}
What I'm trying to accomplish is a hash with sorted keys:
goal = {
"ipsum" => {
:GR => "foo",
:ZZ => "foo"
},
"lorem" => {
:AA => "foo",
:BB => "foo",
:GR => "foo"
}
}
I have experimented with .each method and sort_by
given.each { |topic| topic[:key].sort_by { |k, v| k } }
But I'm getting an error message: TypeError: no implicit conversion of Symbol into Integer
Any help is greatly appreciated!
PS: I noticed with gem pry the output is already sorted. But in IRB it's not.

You can use group_by, and transform_values to transform the values inside each hash, also using sort_by plus to_h:
given.transform_values { |value| value.sort.to_h }.sort.to_h
# {"ipsum"=>{:GR=>"foo", :ZZ=>"foo"}, "lorem"=>{:AA=>"foo", :BB=>"foo", :GR=>"foo"}}
You're getting an error because when iterating over a hash, you have to local variables within the block scope to use, the key and its value, you're assigning only one (topic) and trying to get its key, which would be trying to access a key in:
["lorem", {:AA=>"foo", :GR=>"foo", :BB=>"foo"}]
Which isn't possible as is an array. You can update your code to:
given.each do |topic, value|
...
end
But anyway you'll need a way to store the changes or updated and sorted version of that topic values.

given_hash = {"lorem"=>{:AA=>"foo", :GR=>"foo", :BB=>"foo"}, "ipsum"=>{:ZZ=>"foo", :GR=>"foo"}}
Get keys
given_hash.keys
=> ["lorem", "ipsum"]
New sorted hash
new_hash = {}
given_hash.keys.sort.each do |sorted_key|
new_hash[sorted_key] = given[sorted_key]
end
=> {"ipsum"=>{:ZZ=>"foo", :GR=>"foo"}, "lorem"=>{:AA=>"foo", :GR=>"foo", :BB=>"foo"}}
There can be a better way to do this.

Related

Convert hash of hash in array of hash

I need to modify a hash of hash and convert it in a hash of array.
I also need to add a new key value.
This is my current hash:
{ "132552" => {
"name" => "Paul",
"id" => 53
},
"22478" => {
"name" => "Peter",
"id" => 55
}
}
I expect the output to be like this:
[
{
"person_id": "132552",
"name" => "Paul",
"id" => 53
},
{
"person_id": "22478",
"name" => "Peter",
"id" => 55
}
]
You could map with Enumerable#map to hash values merging (Hash#merge) the new pairs:
original_hash.map { |k,v| v.merge({ "person_id" => k }) }
#=> [{"name"=>"Paul", "id"=>53, "person_id"=>"132552"}, {"name"=>"Peter", "id"=>55, "person_id"=>"22478"}]
Probably not the best solution but the following should work (considering h is your hash):
#h.each do |key,value|
value["person_id"] = key
end
#array = []
#h.each do |key, value|
#array << value
end
This is a perfect fit for Enumerable#each_with_object.
output = input.each_with_object([]) do |(person_id, values), array|
array << values.merge("person_id" => person_id)
end
This method takes an arbitrary object for our initial state (here an array), iterate the collection (our hash) with a block. The initial object is yield as second argument of the block. At each iteration we're populating the array as we want. At the end of the block this object is returned, in output variable in my example.
Note that in my example, I destructure the hash into (person_id, values) : each entry of an hash can be destructed as (key, values) into block/method arguments.
Enumerable#each_with_object

Ruby & fetching hash values magic

I'm trying to parse out JSON data and create my own dictionary to show a subset of the data. The thing is, I'm noticing that my input data changes based on what is scanned (with nmap). Some elements might be an array value, whereas some might not. The combinations seem to be pretty broad.
For instance, here is the simplest input where only an IP address was found:
{
'host' => {
'address' => {
'addr' => '192.168.0.1'
},
'status' => {...}
}
}
But then, the IP and MAC address might be found:
{
'host' => {
'address' => [{
'addrtype' => 'ipv4',
'addr' => '192.168.0.1',
},{
'addrtype' => 'mac',
'mac' => '00:AA:BB:CC:DD:EE',
},
'status' => {...}
}]
}
Those are just a couple examples. Other variations I've seen:
`host.class` = Array
`address.class` = Hash
`host['status'].class` = Array
etc...
As I go through to parse the output, I am first checking if the element is an Array, if it is, I access the key/values one way, whereas if it's not an array, I essentially have to duplicate my code with a few tweaks to it, which doesn't seem very eloquent:
hash = {}
if hosts.class == Array
hosts.each do |host|
ip = if host['address'].class == Array
host['address'][0]['addr']
else
host['address']['addr']
end
hash[ip] = {}
end
else
ip = if hosts['address'].class == Array
hosts['address'][0]['addr']
else
hosts['address']['addr']
end
hash[ip] = {}
end
puts hash
end
In the end, I'm just trying to find a better/eloquent way to produce a hash like below, while accounts for the possibility that an element may/may not be an Array:
{
'192.168.0.1' => {
'mac' => '00:aa:bb:cc:dd:ee',
'vendor' => 'Apple',
'ports' => {
'80' => {
'status' => 'open',
'service' => 'httpd'
}
'443' => {
'status' => 'filtered',
'service' => 'httpd'
}
}
},
192.168.0.2 => {
...
}
}
If there a ruby method that I haven't run across yet that will make this more fluid?
Not really... but you can make it always an array eg by doing something like:
hosts = [hosts] unless hosts.is_a?(Array)
or similar... then just pass that to your now-non-duplicated code. :)
The 20 lines of code in your question can be reduced to a single line using Array#wrap instead of conditionals, and using Enumerable#map instead of Enumerable#each:
Array.wrap(hosts).map { |host| [Array.wrap(host['address']).first['addr'], {}] }.to_h
Now that's magic!

Accepting either a hash or an array of hashes as arguments to a Ruby method

I have the method:
def self.store(params)
params.each { }
end
It works perfectly, if I pass an Array of Hashes:
params = [ { key: 'value' }, { key: 'value' } ]
However, I might want to pass only a single Hash, instead of an Array of Hashes:
params = { key: 'value' }
What would be the cleanest Ruby way to convert a Hash into an Array of Hashes?
The Array() method a kind of ensures, that an array is always returned, but when the Hash is passed, it is converted into an Array itself.
Array({ key: 'value' }) => [[:key, 'value']]
What I need:
{ key: 'value' } => [ { key: 'value' } ]
Is there any nice way to implement this, or do I have to do a manual type checking with is_a?(Array) ?
For me, the best solution is to change the method to:
def self.store(*hashes)
params = hashes.flatten
puts params.inspect
end
If you pass a single hash, it will be an array
If you pass an array of hashes, it remains the same
If you pases N hashes, it compacts all parameters into a one dimensional array.
You can pass whatever you want.
self.store({:key => 'value'}) # => [{:key => 'value'}]
self.store({:key => 'value'}, {:foo => 'bar'}) # => [{:key => 'value'}, {:foo => 'bar'}]
self.store([{:key => 'value'}, {:foo => 'bar'}]) # => [{:key => 'value'}, {:foo => 'bar'}]
Try this
def self.store(params)
params = [params].flatten
...
end
I would do it like this:
def self.store(params)
(params.is_a?(Array) ? params : [params]).each {|single_hash| }
end

How to retrieve values related to a hash key present in a Array of Hashes

I am using Ruby on Rails 3.2.2 and I would like to retrieve values related to a hash key present in a Array of Hashes. That is, I have the following Array of Hashes:
[
{
:key1 => value_a_1,
:key2 => value_a_2
},
{
:key1 => value_b_1,
:key2 => value_b_2
},
{
:key1 => value_c_1,
:key2 => value_c_2
}
]
I would like to "retrieve" / "build" the following:
[ value_a_1, value_b_1, value_c_1 ]
How can I make that the proper way?
If a is the array:
a.map { |i| i[:key1] }

how can I simply merge a hash into a new one?

I have a simple hash like so { "1234" => "5", "2345" => "6" }
How can I create a new hash with both the keys and values in side it? Like so:
{ key_id = "1234", value_id = "5" }, { key_id = "2345", value_id = "6" }
What are you actually trying to achieve with this? If you're looking to iterate over all of the keys, you can use .keys:
h = { "1234" => "5", "2345" => "6" }
h.keys
=> ["1234", "2345"]
If you want to just create an array of hashes, you should be able to iterate over the keys:
h = { "1234" => "5", "2345" => "6" }
a = []
h.each {|k, v| a << {:key_id => k, :value_id => v}
By "merging" two hashes, I think you mean to put all the contents of two different hashes into one new hash. Because the keys of a hash must be unique, if the same key exists in the both source hashes, only one value can survive.
In this example, I merge the contents of hash x and hash y into hash z. The values in y will overwrite the values in z if there are any duplicate keys.
x = { "a" => "1","b" => "2","c" => "3" }
y = { "c" => "999","d" => "4","e" => "5" }
z = {}
x.each do |key,value|
z[key] = value
end
y.each do |key,value|
z[key] = value
end
The source hashes had a total of 6 keys. Because the key "c" was in both hases, the merged hash only has 5 keys.
=> {"a"=>"1", "b"=>"2", "c"=>"999", "d"=>"4", "e"=>"5"}
You can loop through each pair of the original hash and build up an array of hashes:
hashes = []
{ "1234" => "5", "2345" => "6" }.each_pair {|key, value| hashes << { :key_id => key, :value_id => value } }
Will yield:
[{:key_id=>"2345", :value_id=>"6"}, {:key_id=>"1234", :value_id=>"5"}]
What should the keys be for the derived hash, the same at the original? In that case use this snippet:
x = { "1234" => "5", "2345" => "6" }
y = {}
x.each do |key, value|
y[key] = { "key_id" => key, "value_id" => value }
end

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