method

to_a

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

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1_8_7_72 (-38)
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to_a() public

Converts hsh to a nested array of [ key, value ] arrays.

   h = { "c" => 300, "a" => 100, "d" => 400, "c" => 300  }
   h.to_a   #=> [["a", 100], ["c", 300], ["d", 400]]

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/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     hsh.to_a -> array
 *
 *  Converts <i>hsh</i> to a nested array of <code>[</code> <i>key,
 *  value</i> <code>]</code> arrays.
 *
 *     h = { "c" => 300, "a" => 100, "d" => 400, "c" => 300  }
 *     h.to_a   #=> [["a", 100], ["c", 300], ["d", 400]]
 */

static VALUE
rb_hash_to_a(hash)
    VALUE hash;
{
    VALUE ary;

    ary = rb_ary_new();
    rb_hash_foreach(hash, to_a_i, ary);
    if (OBJ_TAINTED(hash)) OBJ_TAINT(ary);

    return ary;
}

to_a

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