Hash.clear("value")

Ruby
1

Hello all,

Was just wondering if there was something simple like:

hash.clear(“value”)

This would remove all entries from the hash whose value == “value”.

Yeah, I know about delete_if, this would just be more succinct. I can
be
lazy sometimes.

thanks,
andy

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On Nov 28, 1:47 pm, Andrew S. [email protected] wrote:

Yeah, I know about delete_if, this would just be more succinct. I can be
lazy sometimes.

thanks,
andy

–
Andrew S.

You can always wrap delete_if…

class Hash
def remove(target)
self.delete_if { | key, value |
value == target
}
end
end

Regards,
Jordan

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2007/11/28, MonkeeSage [email protected]:

class Hash
def remove(target)
self.delete_if { | key, value |
value == target
}
end
end

Just a subtle point: IMHO it is better to put “target” on the left
side of the comparison because that gives the caller more control on
the deletion criterion:

class Hash
def remove(target)
delete_if { | key, value |
target == value
}
end
end

For example, you could do

crit = Object.new
def crit.==(x) x < 10 end
a_hash.remove crit # remove all entries where value is < 10

It’s a similar pattern to how “case” does comparison via “===”. But
then again, this is probably even better:

class Hash
def remove_val
delete_if {|k,v| yield v}
self
end
end

Because it’s more modular. But then again, you can use delete_if
directly. :slight_smile:

Kind regards

robert

4

2007/11/30, MonkeeSage [email protected]:

Was just wondering if there was something simple like:

end
}

Because it’s more modular. But then again, you can use delete_if directly. :slight_smile:

Yes, but we’re lazy! :wink: No blocks here! Heh. Otherwise we would just
use delete_if! :wink:

Laziness is exactly the reason why I use delete_if. Why? Because I
can be sure it’s there. I don’t have to create a lib of my personal
extensions, require it in every script and make sure it can be found
via RUBYLIB. Granted, setting RUBYLIB is a one time effort, but
requiring needs to be done for every script plus I cannot pass scripts
around as easily; I have to at least shop two files. etc.

Kind regards

robert

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On Nov 29, 4:35 am, Robert K. [email protected] wrote:

–
end
end
end

For example, you could do

crit = Object.new
def crit.==(x) x < 10 end
a_hash.remove crit # remove all entries where value is < 10

Nice. :slight_smile:

Because it’s more modular. But then again, you can use delete_if directly. :slight_smile:
Yes, but we’re lazy! :wink: No blocks here! Heh. Otherwise we would just
use delete_if! :wink: