If I already have a hash, can I make it so that
h[:foo]
h[\'foo\']
are the same? (is this called indifferent access?)
The details: I
Use HashWithIndifferentAccess instead of normal Hash.
For completeness, write:
SETTINGS = HashWithIndifferentAccess.new(YAML.load_file("#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/settings.yml"))
If you have a hash already, you can do:
HashWithIndifferentAccess.new({'a' => 12})[:a]
You can also write the YAML file that way:
--- !map:HashWithIndifferentAccess
one: 1
two: 2
after that:
SETTINGS = YAML.load_file("path/to/yaml_file")
SETTINGS[:one] # => 1
SETTINGS['one'] # => 1
You can just use with_indifferent_access
.
SETTINGS = YAML.load_file("#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/settings.yml").with_indifferent_access
You can just make a new hash of HashWithIndifferentAccess type from your hash.
hash = { "one" => 1, "two" => 2, "three" => 3 }
=> {"one"=>1, "two"=>2, "three"=>3}
hash[:one]
=> nil
hash['one']
=> 1
make Hash obj to obj of HashWithIndifferentAccess Class.
hash = HashWithIndifferentAccess.new(hash)
hash[:one]
=> 1
hash['one']
=> 1