I have a condition that gets a hash.
hash = {"_id"=>"4de7140772f8be03da000018", .....}
Yet, I want to rename the key of that hash as follows.
hash = {"id"=>"4de7140772f8be03da000018", ......}
P.S. I don't know what keys are in the hash; they are random. Some keys are prefixed with an underscore that I would like to remove.
hash[:new_key] = hash.delete :old_key
rails Hash has standard method for it:
hash.transform_keys{ |key| key.to_s.upcase }
http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/Hash.html#method-i-transform_keys
UPD: ruby 2.5 method
If all the keys are strings and all of them have the underscore prefix, then you can patch up the hash in place with this:
h.keys.each { |k| h[k[1, k.length - 1]] = h[k]; h.delete(k) }
The k[1, k.length - 1] bit grabs all of k except the first character. If you want a copy, then:
new_h = Hash[h.map { |k, v| [k[1, k.length - 1], v] }]
Or
new_h = h.inject({ }) { |x, (k,v)| x[k[1, k.length - 1]] = v; x }
You could also use sub if you don't like the k[] notation for extracting a substring:
h.keys.each { |k| h[k.sub(/\A_/, '')] = h[k]; h.delete(k) }
Hash[h.map { |k, v| [k.sub(/\A_/, ''), v] }]
h.inject({ }) { |x, (k,v)| x[k.sub(/\A_/, '')] = v; x }
And, if only some of the keys have the underscore prefix:
h.keys.each do |k|
if(k[0,1] == '_')
h[k[1, k.length - 1]] = h[k]
h.delete(k)
end
end
Similar modifications can be done to all the other variants above but these two:
Hash[h.map { |k, v| [k.sub(/\A_/, ''), v] }]
h.inject({ }) { |x, (k,v)| x[k.sub(/\A_/, '')] = v; x }
should be okay with keys that don't have underscore prefixes without extra modifications.
you can do
hash.inject({}){|option, (k,v) | option["id"] = v if k == "_id"; option}
This should work for your case!
If we want to rename a specific key in hash then we can do it as follows:
Suppose my hash is my_hash = {'test' => 'ruby hash demo'}
Now I want to replace 'test' by 'message', then:
my_hash['message'] = my_hash.delete('test')
For Ruby 2.5 or newer with transform_keys and delete_prefix / delete_suffix methods:
hash1 = { '_id' => 'random1' }
hash2 = { 'old_first' => '123456', 'old_second' => '234567' }
hash3 = { 'first_com' => 'google.com', 'second_com' => 'amazon.com' }
hash1.transform_keys { |key| key.delete_prefix('_') }
# => {"id"=>"random1"}
hash2.transform_keys { |key| key.delete_prefix('old_') }
# => {"first"=>"123456", "second"=>"234567"}
hash3.transform_keys { |key| key.delete_suffix('_com') }
# => {"first"=>"google.com", "second"=>"amazon.com"}
h.inject({}) { |m, (k,v)| m[k.sub(/^_/,'')] = v; m }
hash.each {|k,v| hash.delete(k) && hash[k[1..-1]]=v if k[0,1] == '_'}
I went overkill and came up with the following. My motivation behind this was to append to hash keys to avoid scope conflicts when merging together/flattening hashes.
Examples
Extend Hash Class
Adds rekey method to Hash instances.
# Adds additional methods to Hash
class ::Hash
# Changes the keys on a hash
# Takes a block that passes the current key
# Whatever the block returns becomes the new key
# If a hash is returned for the key it will merge the current hash
# with the returned hash from the block. This allows for nested rekeying.
def rekey
self.each_with_object({}) do |(key, value), previous|
new_key = yield(key, value)
if new_key.is_a?(Hash)
previous.merge!(new_key)
else
previous[new_key] = value
end
end
end
end
Prepend Example
my_feelings_about_icecreams = {
vanilla: 'Delicious',
chocolate: 'Too Chocolatey',
strawberry: 'It Is Alright...'
}
my_feelings_about_icecreams.rekey { |key| "#{key}_icecream".to_sym }
# => {:vanilla_icecream=>"Delicious", :chocolate_icecream=>"Too Chocolatey", :strawberry_icecream=>"It Is Alright..."}
Trim Example
{ _id: 1, ___something_: 'what?!' }.rekey do |key|
trimmed = key.to_s.tr('_', '')
trimmed.to_sym
end
# => {:id=>1, :something=>"what?!"}
Flattening and Appending a "Scope"
If you pass a hash back to rekey it will merge the hash which allows you to flatten collections. This allows us to add scope to our keys when flattening a hash to avoid overwriting a key upon merging.
people = {
bob: {
name: 'Bob',
toys: [
{ what: 'car', color: 'red' },
{ what: 'ball', color: 'blue' }
]
},
tom: {
name: 'Tom',
toys: [
{ what: 'house', color: 'blue; da ba dee da ba die' },
{ what: 'nerf gun', color: 'metallic' }
]
}
}
people.rekey do |person, person_info|
person_info.rekey do |key|
"#{person}_#{key}".to_sym
end
end
# =>
# {
# :bob_name=>"Bob",
# :bob_toys=>[
# {:what=>"car", :color=>"red"},
# {:what=>"ball", :color=>"blue"}
# ],
# :tom_name=>"Tom",
# :tom_toys=>[
# {:what=>"house", :color=>"blue; da ba dee da ba die"},
# {:what=>"nerf gun", :color=>"metallic"}
# ]
# }
Previous answers are good enough, but they might update original data.
In case if you don't want the original data to be affected, you can try my code.
newhash=hash.reject{|k| k=='_id'}.merge({id:hash['_id']})
First it will ignore the key '_id' then merge with the updated one.
Answering exactly what was asked:
hash = {"_id"=>"4de7140772f8be03da000018"}
hash.transform_keys { |key| key[1..] }
# => {"id"=>"4de7140772f8be03da000018"}
The method transform_keys exists in the Hash class since Ruby version 2.5.
https://blog.bigbinary.com/2018/01/09/ruby-2-5-adds-hash-transform_keys-method.html
If you had a hash inside a hash, something like
hash = {
"object" => {
"_id"=>"4de7140772f8be03da000018"
}
}
and if you wanted to change "_id" to something like"token"
you can use deep_transform_keys here and do it like so
hash.deep_transform_keys do |key|
key = "token" if key == "_id"
key
end
which results in
{
"object" => {
"token"=>"4de7140772f8be03da000018"
}
}
Even if you had a symbol key hash instead to start with, something like
hash = {
object: {
id: "4de7140772f8be03da000018"
}
}
you can combine all of these concepts to convert them into a string key hash
hash.deep_transform_keys do |key|
key = "token" if key == :id
key.to_s
end
If you only want to change only one key, there is a straightforward way to do it in Ruby 2.8+ using the transform_keys method. In this example, if you want to change _id to id, then you can:
hash.transform_keys({_id: :id})
Reference: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16274
Related
I have following three array of hashes.
customer_mapping = [
{:customer_id=>"a", :customer_order_id=>"g1"},
{:customer_id=>"b", :customer_order_id=>"g2"},
{:customer_id=>"c", :customer_order_id=>"g3"},
{:customer_id=>"d", :customer_order_id=>"g4"},
{:customer_id=>"e", :customer_order_id=>"g5"}
]
customer_with_products = [
{:customer_order_id=>"g1", :product_order_id=>"a1"},
{:customer_order_id=>"g2", :product_order_id=>"a2"},
{:customer_order_id=>"g3", :product_order_id=>"a3"},
{:customer_order_id=>"g4", :product_order_id=>"a4"},
{:customer_order_id=>"g5", :product_order_id=>"a5"}
]
product_mapping = [
{:product_id=>"j", :product_order_id=>"a1"},
{:product_id=>"k", :product_order_id=>"a2"},
{:product_id=>"l", :product_order_id=>"a3"}
]
What i want is a new hash with only customer_id and product_id
{:product_id=>"j", :customer_id=>"a"},
{:product_id=>"k", :customer_id=>"b"},
{:product_id=>"l", :customer_id=>"c"}
I tried to loop over product_mapping and select the customer_order_id that match product_order_id in customer_with_products and then thought of looping over customer_mapping but not able to get desired output from the first step.
How can i achieve this?
Using
def merge_by(a,b, key)
(a+b).group_by { |h| h[key] }
.each_value.map { |arr| arr.inject(:merge) }
end
merge_by(
merge_by(customer_mapping, customer_with_products, :customer_order_id),
product_mapping,
:product_order_id
).select { |h| h[:product_id] }.map { |h| h.slice(:product_id, :customer_id) }
#=>[{:product_id=>"j", :customer_id=>"a"},
# {:product_id=>"k", :customer_id=>"b"},
# {:product_id=>"l", :customer_id=>"c"}]
Definitely not the cleanest solution, if your initial arrays come from SQL queries, I think those queries could be modified to aggregate your data properly.
merge_by(customer_mapping, customer_with_products, :customer_order_id)
# => [{:customer_id=>"a", :customer_order_id=>"g1", :product_order_id=>"a1"},
# {:customer_id=>"b", :customer_order_id=>"g2", :product_order_id=>"a2"},
# {:customer_id=>"c", :customer_order_id=>"g3", :product_order_id=>"a3"},
# {:customer_id=>"d", :customer_order_id=>"g4", :product_order_id=>"a4"},
# {:customer_id=>"e", :customer_order_id=>"g5", :product_order_id=>"a5"}]
Then merge it similarly with your last array and cleanup the result selecting only the elements for which :product_id was found, slicing wanted keys.
Alternatively, a much more readable solution, depending on your array sizes might be slower as it keeps iterating over the hashes:
product_mapping.map do |hc|
b_match = customer_with_products.detect { |hb| hb[:product_order_id] == hc[:product_order_id] }
a_match = customer_mapping.detect { |ha| ha[:customer_order_id] == b_match[:customer_order_id] }
[hc, a_match, b_match].inject(:merge)
end.map { |h| h.slice(:product_id, :customer_id) }
Following your handling of the problem the solution would be the following:
result_hash_array = product_mapping.map do |product_mapping_entry|
customer_receipt = customer_with_products.find do |customer_with_products_entry|
product_mapping_entry[:product_order_id] == customer_with_products_entry[:product_order_id]
end
customer_id = customer_mapping.find do |customer_mapping_entry|
customer_receipt[:customer_order_id] == customer_mapping_entry[:customer_order_id]
end[:customer_id]
{product_id: product_mapping_entry[:product_id], customer_id: customer_id}
end
Output
results_hash_array => [{:product_id=>"j", :customer_id=>"a"},
{:product_id=>"k", :customer_id=>"b"},
{:product_id=>"l", :customer_id=>"c"}]
Other option, starting from customer_mapping, one liner (but quite wide):
customer_mapping.map { |e| {customer_id: e[:customer_id], product_id: (product_mapping.detect { |k| k[:product_order_id] == (customer_with_products.detect{ |h| h[:customer_order_id] == e[:customer_order_id] } || {} )[:product_order_id] } || {} )[:product_id] } }
#=> [{:customer_id=>"a", :product_id=>"j"},
# {:customer_id=>"b", :product_id=>"k"},
# {:customer_id=>"c", :product_id=>"l"},
# {:customer_id=>"d", :product_id=>nil},
# {:customer_id=>"e", :product_id=>nil}]
cust_order_id_to_cust_id =
customer_mapping.each_with_object({}) do |g,h|
h[g[:customer_order_id]] = g[:customer_id]
end
#=> {"g1"=>"a", "g2"=>"b", "g3"=>"c", "g4"=>"d", "g5"=>"e"}
prod_order_id_to_cust_order_id =
customer_with_products.each_with_object({}) do |g,h|
h[g[:product_order_id]] = g[:customer_order_id]
end
#=> {"a1"=>"g1", "a2"=>"g2", "a3"=>"g3", "a4"=>"g4", "a5"=>"g5"}
product_mapping.map do |h|
{ product_id: h[:product_id], customer_id:
cust_order_id_to_cust_id[prod_order_id_to_cust_order_id[h[:product_order_id]]] }
end
#=> [{:product_id=>"j", :customer_id=>"a"},
# {:product_id=>"k", :customer_id=>"b"},
# {:product_id=>"l", :customer_id=>"c"}]
This formulation is particularly easy to test. (It's so straightforward that no debugging was needed).
I would recommended to rather take a longer but more readable solution which you also understand in some months from now by looking at it. Use full names for the hash keys instead of hiding them behind k, v for more complexe lookups (maybe its just my personal preference).
I would suggest somethink like:
result = product_mapping.map do |mapping|
customer_id = customer_mapping.find do |hash|
hash[:customer_order_id] == customer_with_products.find do |hash|
hash[:product_order_id] == mapping[:product_order_id]
end[:customer_order_id]
end[:customer_id]
{ product_id: mapping[:product_id], customer_id: customer_id }
end
Given data:
data = [
{"id":14, "sort":1, "content":"9", foo: "2022"},
{"id":14, "sort":4, "content":"5", foo: "2022"},
{"id":14, "sort":2, "content":"1", foo: "2022"},
{"id":14, "sort":3, "content":"0", foo: "2022"},
{"id":15, "sort":4, "content":"4", foo: "2888"},
{"id":15, "sort":2, "content":"1", foo: "2888"},
{"id":15, "sort":1, "content":"3", foo: "2888"},
{"id":15, "sort":3, "content":"3", foo: "2888"},
{"id":16, "sort":1, "content":"8", foo: "3112"},
{"id":16, "sort":3, "content":"4", foo: "3112"},
{"id":16, "sort":2, "content":"4", foo: "3112"},
{"id":16, "sort":4, "content":"9", foo: "3112"}
]
Got the contents concatenated by their sort and ids with:
formatted = data.group_by { |d| d[:id]}.transform_values do |value_array|
value_array.sort_by { |b| b[:sort] }
.map { |c| c[:content] }.join
end
puts formatted
#=> {14=>"9105", 15=>"3134", 16=>"8449"}
I know that foo exists inside value_array but wondering how can I include foo to exist inside the formatted variable so I can map through it to get the desired output or if it's possible?
Desired Output:
[
{"id":14, "concated_value":"9105", foo: "2022"},
{"id":15, "concated_value":"3134", foo: "2888"},
{"id":16, "concated_value":"8449", foo: "3112"}
]
Since :foo is unique to :id. You can do this as follows:
data.group_by {|h| h[:id]}.map do |_,sa|
sa.map(&:dup).sort_by {|h| h.delete(:sort) }.reduce do |m,h|
m.merge(h) {|key,old,new| key == :content ? old + new : old }
end.tap {|h| h[:concated_value] = h.delete(:content) }
end
#=> [
# {"id":14, foo: "2022", "concated_value":"9105"},
# {"id":15, foo: "2888", "concated_value":"3134"},
# {"id":16, foo: "3112", "concated_value":"8449"}
# ]
First we group by id. group_by {|h| h[:id]}
Then we dup the hashes in the groups (so as not to destory the original). map(&:dup)
Then we sort by sort and delete it at the same time. .sort_by {|h| h.delete(:sort) }
Then we merge the groups together and concatenate the content key only.
m.merge(h) {|key,old,new| key == :content ? old + new : old }
Then we just change the key for content to concated_value tap {|h| h[:concated_value] = h.delete(:content) }
We can use first value from value_array to get our :id & :foo values
formatted = data.group_by { |d| d[:id]}.values.map do |value_array|
concated_value = value_array.sort_by { |b| b[:sort] }
.map { |c| c[:content] }.join
value_array.first.slice(:id, :foo)
.merge concated_value: concated_value
end
I think this is a good usecase for reduce, since after grouping you need first to get rid of the ID in the resulting [ID, VALUES] array from group_by and just return a reduced version of the VALUES part - this can all be done without any ActiveSupport etc. dependencies:
data
.group_by{ |d| d[:id] } # Get an array of [ID, [VALUES]]
.reduce([]) do |a, v| # Reduce it into a new empty array
# Append a new hash to the new array
a << {
id: v[1].first[:id], # Just take the ID of the first entry
foo: v[1].first[:foo], # Dito for foo
concatenated: v[1]
.sort_by{ |s| s[:sort] } # now sort all hashes by its sort key
.collect{ |s| s[:content] } # collect the content
.join # and merge it into a string
}
end
Output:
[{:id=>14, :foo=>"2022", :concatenated=>"9105"},
{:id=>15, :foo=>"2888", :concatenated=>"3134"},
{:id=>16, :foo=>"3112", :concatenated=>"8449"}]
EDIT
I had some other approach in mind when i started to write the previous solution, reduce was not really necessary, since the size of the array after group_by does not change, so a map is sufficient.
But while rewriting the code, i was thinking that creating a new hash with all the keys and copying all the values from the first hash within VALUES was a bit too much work, so it would be easier to just reject the overhead keys:
keys_to_ignore = [:sort, :content]
data
.group_by{ |d| d[:id] } # Get an array of [ID, [VALUES]]
.map do |v|
v[1]
.first # Take the first hash from [VALUES]
.merge({'concatenated': v[1] # Insert the concatenated values
.sort_by{ |s| s[:sort] } # now sort all hashes by its sort key
.collect{ |s| s[:content] } # collect the content
.join # and merge it into a string
})
.select { |k, _| !keys_to_ignore.include? k }
end
Output
[{:id=>14, :foo=>"2022", :concatenated=>"9105"},
{:id=>15, :foo=>"2888", :concatenated=>"3134"},
{:id=>16, :foo=>"3112", :concatenated=>"8449"}]
Online demo here
This will work even without Rails:
$irb> formatted = []
$irb> data.sort_by!{|a| a[:sort]}.map {|z| z[:id]}.uniq.each_with_index { |id, index| formatted << {id: id, concated_value: data.map{|c| (c[:id] == id ? c[:content] : nil)}.join, foo: data[index][:foo]}}
$irb> formatted
[{:id=>14, :concated_value=>"9105", :foo=>"2022"},
{:id=>15, :concated_value=>"3134", :foo=>"2888"},
{:id=>16, :concated_value=>"8449", :foo=>"3112"}]
data.sort_by { |h| h[:sort] }.
each_with_object({}) do |g,h| h.update(g[:id]=>{ id: g[:id],
concatenated_value: g[:content].to_s, foo: g[:foo] }) { |_,o,n|
o.merge(concatenated_value: o[:concatenated_value]+n[:concatenated_value]) }
end.values
#=> [{:id=>14, :concatenated_value=>"9105", :foo=>"2022"},
# {:id=>15, :concatenated_value=>"3134", :foo=>"2888"},
# {:id=>16, :concatenated_value=>"8449", :foo=>"3112"}]
This uses the form of Hash#update (aka merge!) that employs a block to determine the values of keys (here the value of :id) that are present in both hashes being merged. See the doc for the description of the three block variables (here _, o and n).
Note the receiver of values (at the end) is the following.
{ 14=>{ :id=>14, :concatenated_value=>"9105", :foo=>"2022" },
15=>{ :id=>15, :concatenated_value=>"3134", :foo=>"2888" },
16=>{ :id=>16, :concatenated_value=>"8449", :foo=>"3112" } }
I have the following array of hashes and I want to use transform_keys to strip the beginning of each key using a regex:
array_of_hashes = [{"a_0_abc"=>"1",
"a_0_def"=>"1",
"a_0_hij"=>"1",},
{"a_1_abc”=>"2",
"a_1_def"=>"2",
"a_1_hij"=>"2"}]
and I want the following:
transformed_hash_keys = [{"abc"=>"1",
"def"=>"1",
"hij"=>"1",},
{"abc"=>"2",
"def"=>"2",
"hij"=>"2"}]
I have the following method but it results in array_of_hashes instead of transformed_hash_keys:
def strip
s = array_of_hashes.each { |hash| hash.transform_keys { |key| key.sub(/^a_(\d+)_/, '') } }
end
Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong in this method?
transform_keys doesn't operate in place and each returns the original iterator, not the result of the block.
You could do what you want with map instead of each.
def strip
s = array_of_hashes.map { |hash| hash.transform_keys { |key| key.sub(/^a_(\d+)_/, '') } }
end
Or, you could use transform_keys! to modify the contents of array_of_hashes
def strip
s = array_of_hashes.each { |hash| hash.transform_keys! { |key| key.sub(/^a_(\d+)_/, '') } }
end
Here's a pure Ruby solution.
arr = [{ "a_0_abc"=>"1", "a_0_def"=>"1", "a_0_hij"=>"1" },
{ "a_1_abc"=>"2", "a_1_def"=>"2", "a_1_hij"=>"2" }]
arr.map { |h| h.map { |k,v| [k[/[[:alpha:]]+\z/], v] }.to_h }
#=> [{"abc"=>"1", "def"=>"1", "hij"=>"1"}, {"abc"=>"2", "def"=>"2", "hij"=>"2"}]
or
arr.map { |h| h.each_with_object({}) { |(k,v),g| g[k[/[[:alpha:]]+\z/]] = v } }
# => [{"abc"=>"1", "def"=>"1", "hij"=>"1"}, {"abc"=>"2", "def"=>"2", "hij"=>"2"}]
This lets you do any kind of transformation on the keys just passing a block to it:
def strip_keys(object)
deep_transform_keys_in_object!(object) { |key| key.sub(/^a_(\d+)_/, '') }
end
def deep_transform_keys_in_object!(object, &block)
case object
when Hash
object.keys.each do |key|
value = object.delete(key)
object[yield(key)] = deep_transform_keys_in_object!(value, &block)
end
object
when Array
object.map! { |e| deep_transform_keys_in_object!(e, &block) }
else
object
end
end
so I'm working on a project where I have an array of hashes:
[{:year=>2016, :month=>12, :account_id=>133, :price=>5},
{:year=>2016, :month=>11, :account_id=>134, :price=>3},
{:year=>2016, :month=>11, :account_id=>135, :price=>0},
{:year=>2015, :month=>12, :account_id=>145, :price=>4},
{:year=>2015, :month=>12, :account_id=>163, :price=>11}]
and basically I want to condense this down into the form:
{ 2016 => { 12 => { 1 => {:account_id=>133, :price=>5}},
11 => { 1 => {:account_id=>134, :price=>3},
2 => {:account_id=>135, :price=>0}}},
2015 => { 12 => { 1 => {:account_id=>145, :price=>4},
2 => {:account_id=>163, :price=>11}}}}
but I'm having real trouble getting this done, at the moment I have:
data_array = data_array.group_by{|x| x[:year]}
data_array.each{|x| x.group_by{|y| y[:month]}}
but this doesn't seem to work, I get an error saying no implicit conversion of Symbol into Integer.
Any help with understanding where I've gone wrong and what to do would be greatly appreciated.
Refactored solution
Here's a longer but possibly better solution, with 3 helper methods :
class Array
# Remove key from array of hashes
def remove_key(key)
map do |h|
h.delete(key)
h
end
end
# Group hashes by values for given key, sort by value,
# remove key from hashes, apply optional block to array of hashes.
def to_grouped_hash(key)
by_key = group_by { |h| h[key] }.sort_by { |value, _| value }
by_key.map do |value, hashes|
hashes_without = hashes.remove_key(key)
new_hashes = block_given? ? yield(hashes_without) : hashes_without
[value, new_hashes]
end.to_h
end
# Convert array to indexed hash
def to_indexed_hash(first = 0)
map.with_index(first) { |v, i| [i, v] }.to_h
end
end
Your script can then be written as :
data.to_grouped_hash(:year) do |year_data|
year_data.to_grouped_hash(:month) do |month_data|
month_data.to_indexed_hash(1)
end
end
It doesn't need Rails or Activesupport, and returns :
{2015=>
{12=>
{1=>{:account_id=>145, :balance=>4}, 2=>{:account_id=>163, :balance=>11}}},
2016=>
{11=>
{1=>{:account_id=>134, :balance=>3}, 2=>{:account_id=>135, :balance=>0}},
12=>{1=>{:account_id=>133, :price=>5}}}}
Refinements could be use to avoid polluting the Array class.
Original one-liner
# require 'active_support/core_ext/hash'
# ^ uncomment in plain ruby script.
data.group_by{|h| h[:year]}
.map{|year, year_data|
[
year,
year_data.group_by{|month_data| month_data[:month]}.map{|month, vs| [month, vs.map.with_index(1){|v,i| [i,v.except(:year, :month)]}.to_h]}
.to_h]
}.to_h
It uses Hash#except from ActiveSupport.
It outputs :
{
2016 => {
12 => {
1 => {
:account_id => 133,
:price => 5
}
},
11 => {
1 => {
:account_id => 134,
:balance => 3
},
2 => {
:account_id => 135,
:balance => 0
}
}
},
2015 => {
12 => {
1 => {
:account_id => 145,
:balance => 4
},
2 => {
:account_id => 163,
:balance => 11
}
}
}
}
Know I'm late with this, but this problem has a beautiful recursive structure that deserves to be seen.
Inputs are the array of hashes and a list of keys to group on.
For the base case, the key list is empty. Just convert the array of hashes into an index-valued hash.
Otherwise, use the first key in the list to accumulate a hash with corresponding input values as keys, each mapped to a list of hashes with that key deleted. Each of these lists is just a smaller instance of the same problem using the remaining tail of keys! So recur to take care of them.
def group_and_index(a, keys)
if keys.empty?
a.each_with_object({}) {|h, ih| ih[ih.size + 1] = h }
else
r = Hash.new {|h, k| h[k] = [] }
a.each {|h| r[h.delete(keys[0])].push(h) }
r.each {|k, a| r[k] = group_and_index(a, keys[1..-1]) }
end
end
If a key is missing in any of the input hashes, a nil will be used. Note this function modifies the original hashes. Call on a.map{|h| h.clone} if that's not desired. To get the example result:
group_and_index(array_of_hashes, [:year, :month])
arr = [{:year=>2016, :month=>12, :account_id=>133, :price=>5},
{:year=>2016, :month=>11, :account_id=>134, :price=>3},
{:year=>2016, :month=>11, :account_id=>135, :price=>0},
{:year=>2015, :month=>12, :account_id=>145, :price=>4},
{:year=>2015, :month=>12, :account_id=>163, :price=>11}]
arr.each_with_object({}) do |g,h|
f = h.dig(g[:year], g[:month])
counter = f ? f.size+1 : 1
h.update(g[:year]=>{ g[:month]=>
{ counter=>{ account_id: g[:account_id], price: g[:price] } } }) { |_yr,oh,nh|
oh.merge(nh) { |_mon,ooh,nnh| ooh.merge(nnh) } }
end
#=> {2016=>{12=>{1=>{:account_id=>133, :price=>5}},
# 11=>{1=>{:account_id=>134, :price=>3},
# 2=>{:account_id=>135, :price=>0}}
# },
# 2015=>{12=>{1=>{:account_id=>145, :price=>4},
# 2=>{:account_id=>163, :price=>11}}
# }
# }
This uses the methods Hash#dig and the forms of Hash#update (aka merge!) and Hash#merge that employ a block to determine the values of keys that are present in both hashes being merged. (See the docs for details.) Note that there are such blocks at two difference levels. If, for example,
{ 2016=>{ 11=>{ {1=>{:account_id=>133, :price=>5 } } } } }
{ 2016=>{ 11=>{ {2=>{:account_id=>135, :price=>0 } } } } }
are being merged, the block would determine the value of 2016. That involves merging the two hashes
{ 11=>{ {1=>{:account_id=>133, :price=>5 } } } }
{ 11=>{ {2=>{:account_id=>135, :price=>0 } } } }
which would call an inner block to determine the value of 11.
Here is a simple two-liner
h = Hash.new { |h,k| h[k] = Hash.new { |h,k| h[k] = [] }}
ary.each { |each| h[each.delete(:year)][each.delete(:month)] << each }
NB, this modifies the input but I assume you are not interested in the original input after transforming it.
Value of h
{
2016=>{12=>[{:account_id=>133, :price=>5}], 11=>[{:account_id=>134, :price=>3}, {:account_id=>135, :price=>0}]},
2015=>{12=>[{:account_id=>145, :price=>4}, {:account_id=>163, :price=>11}]}
}
You can access the values in h with
h[2016][11][1] # => {:account_id=>135, :price=>0}
I am wondering what is the best way to convert a json formatted key value pair to ruby hash with symbol as key:
example:
{ 'user': { 'name': 'foo', 'age': 40, 'location': { 'city' : 'bar', 'state': 'ca' } } }
==>
{ :user=>{ :name => 'foo', :age =>'40', :location=>{ :city => 'bar', :state=>'ca' } } }
Is there a helper method can do this?
using the json gem when parsing the json string you can pass in the symbolize_names option. See here: http://flori.github.com/json/doc/index.html (look under parse)
eg:
>> s ="{\"akey\":\"one\",\"bkey\":\"two\"}"
>> JSON.parse(s,:symbolize_names => true)
=> {:akey=>"one", :bkey=>"two"}
Leventix, thank you for your answer.
The Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(h)) method probably has the most integrity of the various methods because it preserves the original key types recursively.
This is important in case you have a nested hash with a mix of string and symbol keys and you want to preserve that mix upon decode (for instance, this could happen if your hash contains your own custom objects in addition to highly complex/nested third-party objects whose keys you cannot manipulate/convert for whatever reason, like a project time constraint).
E.g.:
h = {
:youtube => {
:search => 'daffy', # nested symbol key
'history' => ['goofy', 'mickey'] # nested string key
}
}
Method 1: JSON.parse - symbolizes all keys recursively => Does not preserve original mix
JSON.parse( h.to_json, {:symbolize_names => true} )
=> { :youtube => { :search=> "daffy", :history => ["goofy", "mickey"] } }
Method 2: ActiveSupport::JSON.decode - symbolizes top-level keys only => Does not preserve original mix
ActiveSupport::JSON.decode( ActiveSupport::JSON.encode(h) ).symbolize_keys
=> { :youtube => { "search" => "daffy", "history" => ["goofy", "mickey"] } }
Method 3: Marshal.load - preserves original string/symbol mix in the nested keys. PERFECT!
Marshal.load( Marshal.dump(h) )
=> { :youtube => { :search => "daffy", "history" => ["goofy", "mickey"] } }
Unless there is a drawback that I'm unaware of, I'd think Method 3 is the way to go.
Cheers
There isn't anything built in to do the trick, but it's not too hard to write the code to do it using the JSON gem. There is a symbolize_keys method built into Rails if you're using that, but that doesn't symbolize keys recursively like you need.
require 'json'
def json_to_sym_hash(json)
json.gsub!('\'', '"')
parsed = JSON.parse(json)
symbolize_keys(parsed)
end
def symbolize_keys(hash)
hash.inject({}){|new_hash, key_value|
key, value = key_value
value = symbolize_keys(value) if value.is_a?(Hash)
new_hash[key.to_sym] = value
new_hash
}
end
As Leventix said, the JSON gem only handles double quoted strings (which is technically correct - JSON should be formatted with double quotes). This bit of code will clean that up before trying to parse it.
Recursive method:
require 'json'
def JSON.parse(source, opts = {})
r = JSON.parser.new(source, opts).parse
r = keys_to_symbol(r) if opts[:symbolize_names]
return r
end
def keys_to_symbol(h)
new_hash = {}
h.each do |k,v|
if v.class == String || v.class == Fixnum || v.class == Float
new_hash[k.to_sym] = v
elsif v.class == Hash
new_hash[k.to_sym] = keys_to_symbol(v)
elsif v.class == Array
new_hash[k.to_sym] = keys_to_symbol_array(v)
else
raise ArgumentError, "Type not supported: #{v.class}"
end
end
return new_hash
end
def keys_to_symbol_array(array)
new_array = []
array.each do |i|
if i.class == Hash
new_array << keys_to_symbol(i)
elsif i.class == Array
new_array << keys_to_symbol_array(i)
else
new_array << i
end
end
return new_array
end
Of course, there is a json gem, but that handles only double quotes.
Another way to handle this is to use YAML serialization/deserialization, which also preserves the format of the key:
YAML.load({test: {'test' => { ':test' => 5}}}.to_yaml)
=> {:test=>{"test"=>{":test"=>5}}}
Benefit of this approach it seems like a format that is better suited for REST services...
The most convenient way is by using the nice_hash gem: https://github.com/MarioRuiz/nice_hash
require 'nice_hash'
my_str = "{ 'user': { 'name': 'foo', 'age': 40, 'location': { 'city' : 'bar', 'state': 'ca' } } }"
# on my_hash will have the json as a hash
my_hash = my_str.json
# or you can filter and get what you want
vals = my_str.json(:age, :city)
# even you can access the keys like this:
puts my_hash._user._location._city
puts my_hash.user.location.city
puts my_hash[:user][:location][:city]
If you think you might need both string and symbol keys:
JSON.parse(json_string).with_indifferent_access