Initializing hashes

Question

I frequently write something like this:

a_hash[\'x\'] ? a_hash[\'x\'] += \' some more text\' : a_hash[\'x\'] = \'first text\'

There ought to be

Answer 1

You can specify the initial value when you create your hash:

a_hash = { 'x' => 'first text' }
// ...
a_hash['x'] << ' some more text'