iterate through array of hashes in ruby

Question

so if I have an array of hashes like so: (ruby beginner)

input =  [

{\"last_name\"=>\"Gay\", \"first_name\"=>\"Rudy\", \"display_name\"=>\"Rudy Gay         


        

Answer 1

Given your input:

input =  [
  { "last_name"=>"Gay", ... }, 
  { "last_name"=>"Collison", ...}
]

If all of those keys (last_name, first_name, display_name) are present in the Player model, you can just:

input.each do |x|
  Player.create(x)
end

Since create will take a hash of attributes to assign. But, even better, you don't even need to iterate:

Player.create(input)

ActiveRecord will go through them all if you give it an array of hashes.