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[]=(p1, p2) public

Element Assignment—Associates the value given by value with the key given by key. key should not have its value changed while it is in use as a key (a String passed as a key will be duplicated and frozen).

h = { "a" => 100, "b" => 200 }
h["a"] = 9
h["c"] = 4
h   #=> {"a"=>9, "b"=>200, "c"=>4}

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/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     hsh[key] = value        => value
 *     hsh.store(key, value)   => value
 *
 *  Element Assignment---Associates the value given by
 *  <i>value</i> with the key given by <i>key</i>.
 *  <i>key</i> should not have its value changed while it is in
 *  use as a key (a <code>String</code> passed as a key will be
 *  duplicated and frozen).
 *
 *     h = { "a" => 100, "b" => 200 }
 *     h["a"] = 9
 *     h["c"] = 4
 *     h   #=> {"a"=>9, "b"=>200, "c"=>4}
 *
 */

VALUE
rb_hash_aset(hash, key, val)
    VALUE hash, key, val;
{
    rb_hash_modify(hash);
    if (TYPE(key) != T_STRING || st_lookup(RHASH(hash)->tbl, key, 0)) {
        st_insert(RHASH(hash)->tbl, key, val);
    }
    else {
        st_add_direct(RHASH(hash)->tbl, rb_str_new4(key), val);
    }
    return val;
}

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