# Newbie Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [June 18, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-question/107187 "2007-06-18T23:42:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![danielj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@danielj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielj)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-question/107187/1 "2007-06-18T23:42:30Z")
Can I put a hash inside a has as a “value” ? It doesn’t seem to work… ---
**Author:** ![danielj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@danielj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielj)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-question/107187/2 "2007-06-18T23:51:32Z")
> -----Original Message----- > From: danielj [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)] > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 4:40 PM > To: ruby-talk ML > Subject: Newbie Question > > Can I put a hash inside a has as a “value” ? Sure, but be aware that if you do anything to the hash you’re using as a key that would change its hash value, you’ll need to rehash the container hash. - donald ---
**Author:** ![danielj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@danielj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielj)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-question/107187/3 "2007-09-25T23:04:48Z")
On Jun 18, 2:36 pm, danielj [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Can I put a hash inside a has as a “value” ? > > It doesn’t seem to work… nevermind… figured it out… sorry ---
**Author:** ![danielj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@danielj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielj)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-question/107187/4 "2007-06-19T00:06:00Z")
ohhh… I see…