index(p1) public

Returns the key for a given value. If not found, returns nil.

h = { "a" => 100, "b" => 200 }
h.index(200)   #=> "b"
h.index(999)   #=> nil
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May 27, 2009
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Potentially slow operation

Remember that checking for a value is a potentially slow operation (all the elements might be iterated) as oposed to querying a key (e.g. with has_key?), which is supposed to be fast in a Hash.