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Will anyone be able to point out what I am doing wrong.

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[#402342] Re: Perl to Ruby: regex captures to assignment. — "Derrick B." <lists@...> 2012/12/20

First of all, thanks for the fast responses!

[#402352] Re: Perl to Ruby: regex captures to assignment. — Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...> 2012/12/20

On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 1:38 AM, Derrick B. <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

[#402357] Re: Perl to Ruby: regex captures to assignment. — "Derrick B." <lists@...> 2012/12/20

Robert Klemme wrote in post #1089733:

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[#402653] Re: can't open new ruby program under "new" context menu — Lee Veinot <lee_veinot@...> 2012/12/30

Well, I'm up to page 43 in Chris Pine's book and having a lot of fun, but I still can't figure out two basic things.  One is what I've already asked you about.  I'm just going to paste what his book says so you can see what I'm having trouble with:

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[#402667] Re: require "test/unit" — "Mattias A." <lists@...> 2012/12/31

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[#402747] Re: require "test/unit" — "Derrick B." <lists@...> 2013/01/04

Mattias A. wrote in post #1090700:

[#402749] Re: require "test/unit" — sto.mar@... 2013/01/04

Am 04.01.2013 19:48, schrieb Derrick B.:

Re: Help me improve Hash#rekey

From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2012-12-10 12:22:17 UTC
List: ruby-talk #402101
On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Intransition <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
> The note `TODO: Improve Hash#rekey code!!!` has been in my docs for too
> long. I could use other's insights and thought others might enjoy the
> challenge. So here's the code:

I think the problem is in the API.  That's what makes it too complex.
There are too many cases of specific handling and options (see below):

>   require 'facets/na'
>
>   class Hash
>
>     # Rekey a hash:
>     #
>     #   rekey()
>     #   rekey(from_key => to_key, ...)
>     #   rekey{|from_key| to_key}
>     #   rekey{|from_key, value| to_key}
>     #
>     # If a key map is given, then the first key is changed to the second
> key.
>     #
>     #   foo = { :a=>1, :b=>2 }
>     #   foo.rekey(:a=>'a')       #=> { 'a'=>1, :b=>2 }
>     #   foo.rekey(:b=>:x)        #=> { :a =>1, :x=>2 }
>     #   foo.rekey('foo'=>'bar')  #=> { :a =>1, :b=>2 }
>     #
>     # If a block is given, converts all keys in the Hash accroding to the
>     # given block procedure. If the block returns +NA+ for a given key,
>     # then that key will be left intact.

1. Unnecessary option: if the key is supposed to stay intact the block
should just return the original key.

>     #
>     #   foo = { :name=>'Gavin', :wife=>:Lisa }
>     #   foo.rekey{ |k| k.to_s }  #=>  { "name"=>"Gavin", "wife"=>:Lisa }
>     #   foo                      #=>  { :name =>"Gavin", :wife=>:Lisa }
>     #
>     # If no key map or block is given, then all keys are converted
>     # to Symbols.

2. Why that default?  In my mind this is too much implicit logic.
Also this can be easily achieved with

hash.rekey(&:to_sym)

>     #
>     # Note that if both a +key_map+ and a block are given, the +key_map+ is
>     # applied first then the block.

3. I would change that to EITHER block OR map argument, but not both.

> Not the use of `facets/na`. That is defined as:
>
>     class << NA = ArgumentError.new
>       def inspect ; 'N/A' ; end
>       def method_missing(*); self; end
>     end
>
> But it is really nothing more than a dummy object used to mean Not
> Applicable. So in the case of #rekey, if the block returns NA then the key
> goes unchanged. Thinking about it again now, it's probably unnecessary, but
> I had wanted a way to say "leave it alone" while also making sure that `nil`
> could still be used as a key (even if that's rare). Feel free to remove the
> NA business, but if you do please explain why you think its not needed.

If one needs a special key one can use a Symbol for that as
efficiently as nil.  nil is the value return if something is absent
and I believe it does not make for a good key in a Hash.

> Best solution will get their name put in front of CREDITs for the next
> release of Facets.

:-)

class Hash
  def rekey(mapping = nil, &convert)
    c = convert || mapping
    dup.tap do |h| # preserve type and defaults
      h.clear
      each_pair {|k, v| h[c[k] || k] = v}
    end
  end
end

Kind regards

robert


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