Help creating array/struct for select tag

Rails
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here is my current code

<%= select_tag(:order, options_for_select(@orders, params[:order].to_s))
%>

I am using some data that is not in a database so I generated a hash
like the following:

@orders = {'Name => ‘name’, ‘Rank’ => ‘rank’, ‘HP’ => ‘hp’, ‘SP’ =>
‘sp’} etc…

it works fine but the problem I have is that the hash is never in the
same order…after reading it looks like i should be using a struct or
an array.

can someone help me convert this hash into an array or suggest the best
way to do this?

2

it works fine but the problem I have is that the hash is never in the
same order…after reading it looks like i should be using a struct or
an array.

can someone help me convert this hash into an array or suggest the
best
way to do this?

@orders = [[‘Name’, ‘name’], [‘Rank’, ‘rank’], …]

Should do it. Or you might need to swap ‘name’ with ‘Name’. I can
never remember :slight_smile:

-philip

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@orders = [[‘Name’, ‘name’], [‘Rank’, ‘rank’], …]

Should do it. Or you might need to swap ‘name’ with ‘Name’. I can
never remember :slight_smile:

-philip

hmm…i don’t think it likes it.

it’s outputting this:

Namename Rankrank etc...

i tried doing this:

<%= select_tag(:order, options_for_select(@orders.collect{|order|
[order[0], order[1]]}, params[:direction].to_s)) %>

but ended up with this output:

Namename Rankrank etc...
4

Do you really need the difference in case? If not, try

@orders = %w(Name Rank SP HP)

I believe that will work…

5

Roy P. wrote:

Do you really need the difference in case? If not, try

@orders = %w(Name Rank SP HP)

I believe that will work…

Yea, actually that does work fine…i’m trying to order by that field in
the database and i thought it was case sensitive in the SQL query.

however, i do have another sort field

@directions = {‘Ascending’ => ‘ASC’, ‘Descending’ => ‘DESC’}

and ASC and DESC might not be descriptive enough if you have any other
ideas.

thanks for the help so far!

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@orders = [[‘Name’, ‘name’], [‘Rank’, ‘rank’], …]

Should do it. Or you might need to swap ‘name’ with ‘Name’. I can
never remember :slight_smile:

-philip

hmm…i don’t think it likes it.

Strange. It should. Docs say:

options_for_select([[“Dollar”, “$”], [“Kroner”, “DKK”]])
Dollar\nKroner</
option>

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maybe i should just create two more tables : )

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Hi Scott!

I am using some data that is not in a database so I generated a hash
like the following:

@orders = {'Name => ‘name’, ‘Rank’ => ‘rank’, ‘HP’ => ‘hp’, ‘SP’ =>
‘sp’} etc…

it works fine but the problem I have is that the hash is never in the
same order…after reading it looks like i should be using a struct or
an array.

AFAIK hashes are not ordered by definition.

I know this may not be very helpful but it may explain why you
experience this behaviour.

Kind regards
Martin