method

new

Importance_2
Ruby latest stable (v1_8_7_72) - 0 notes - Class: Hash

Not found

The exact documentation you were looking for could not be found. Here is the best guess.

new(...) public

Returns a new, empty hash. If this hash is subsequently accessed by a key that doesn’t correspond to a hash entry, the value returned depends on the style of new used to create the hash. In the first form, the access returns nil. If obj is specified, this single object will be used for all default values. If a block is specified, it will be called with the hash object and the key, and should return the default value. It is the block’s responsibility to store the value in the hash if required.

   h = Hash.new("Go Fish")
   h["a"] = 100
   h["b"] = 200
   h["a"]           #=> 100
   h["c"]           #=> "Go Fish"
   # The following alters the single default object
   h["c"].upcase!   #=> "GO FISH"
   h["d"]           #=> "GO FISH"
   h.keys           #=> ["a", "b"]

   # While this creates a new default object each time
   h = Hash.new { |hash, key| hash[key] = "Go Fish: #{key}" }
   h["c"]           #=> "Go Fish: c"
   h["c"].upcase!   #=> "GO FISH: C"
   h["d"]           #=> "Go Fish: d"
   h.keys           #=> ["c", "d"]
Show source
Register or log in to add new notes.