Looks like you're starting with ActiveRecord's so you could possibly take advantage of:
spec_hash = Spec.find(4057).attributes and glue something together. On Feb 19, 3:54 pm, northband <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi - > > What is the best way to create a nested hash from an array of objects? > > Here's what I'm trying to do, take my array of objects and use the > attribute 'position' as a key for each nested hash. The nested hash > will contain the other array attributes. > > Example: > > [#<Spec id: 4057, position: 1, name: "Tonnage", english_unit: "T", > metric_unit: "t">, > [#<Spec id: 4058, position: 2, name: "Spindle", english_unit: "T", > metric_unit: "t">] > > This is what I want to end up with from the above: > > {1 => {:name => "Tonnage", :english_unit => "T", :metric_unit => "t"}, > 2 => {:name => "Spindle", :english_unit => "T", :metric_unit => "t"}} > > I've tried different methods of enumerating but can't quite get what I > want. > > Thanks for any help! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
