Creating a dynamic hash

Ruby
1

Hi
I am trying to draw a graph My question is not related to that
In the below @tic_num_array is an array contains values like
[“IN1”,“IN2”,“IN3”…] and @tic_elapsed_time_array contains values
like [10,2,12,…] They are dynamic arrays

chart = Ziya::Charts::Mixed.new( ‘licence’, “status_chart” )
chart.add :chart_types, %w[column line line]
chart.add :axis_category_text, @tic_num_array
chart.add :series, “Ticket” , report(
“ticket”,@tic_elapsed_time_array )
chart.add :series, “Warning” , report(
“warning”,@tic_elapsed_time_array )
chart.add :theme , “them1”

def report( charttype,elapsedtime )
case charttype
when “ticket”
elapsedtime.each { |etime| Hash.new(“shadow” => ‘high’,:bevel
=> ‘bevel1’, :value => etime.to_i) }
when “warning”
[
{ :bevel => ‘bevel1’, :value => 5 },
{ :bevel => ‘bevel1’, :value => 5 },
{ :bevel => ‘bevel1’, :value => 5 }
]
end
end

   The above works fine ..But it is clear the case when "warning" is

dynamic So suppose some 20 values theer the above approch is wrong So
for that I tried the "warning " like
when “warning”
(elapsedtime.length-1).times { Hash.new(:bevel => ‘bevel1’, :value
=> 5)}

     Here my I thought the above code for a value elapsedtime.length

= 4 generate
[
{ :bevel => ‘bevel1’, :value => 5 },
{ :bevel => ‘bevel1’, :value => 5 },
{ :bevel => ‘bevel1’, :value => 5 }
]
But this does not happen and also the graph now is not working?
Please help me to solve this

Thanks in advance
sijo

2

Hi
I could solve the problem like
hashes = []
for i in 0…elapsedtime.length-1
hashes[i] = {:bevel => ‘bevel1’,:value => 5}
end
return hashes

sijo

3

2008/11/27 Sijo Kg [email protected]:

Hi
I could solve the problem like
hashes = []
for i in 0…elapsedtime.length-1
hashes[i] = {:bevel => ‘bevel1’,:value => 5}
end
return hashes

You can do it like this

hashes = [{:bevel => ‘bevel1’,:value => 5}] * (elapsedtime.length-1)

HTH,

Park H.

4

Hi –

On Thu, 27 Nov 2008, Heesob P. wrote:

hashes = [{:bevel => ‘bevel1’,:value => 5}] * (elapsedtime.length-1)

That’s not the same, because you get the same hash n times, instead of
n hashes once each.

hashes = [{:x => 1, :y => 2}] * 3
hashes[0].delete(:x)
p hashes # [{:y=>2}, {:y=>2}, {:y=>2}]

David

5

Hi –

On Thu, 27 Nov 2008, Sijo Kg wrote:

Hi
I could solve the problem like
hashes = []
for i in 0…elapsedtime.length-1
hashes[i] = {:bevel => ‘bevel1’,:value => 5}
end
return hashes

Let Ruby do the work :slight_smile:

hashes = Array.new(elapsedtime.length-1) { {:bevel => ‘bevel1’,
:value => 5 } }

That gives you an array of the right length, where each element is
initialized by running the code block, which gives you a new hash each
time.

David

6

Hi
Thnaks for all the reply…So could you please tell this differnece
also…I tried both ways
First

hashes = Array.new(elapsedtime.length) { {:bevel => ‘bevel1’,
:value => 5 } }
Here I did not want the statement
return hashes

In the second way
hashes = []
for i in 0…elapsedtime.length-1
hashes[i] = {:bevel => ‘bevel1’,:value => 5}
end
return hashes
Here when I commented return hashes it did not work

Sijo