method

size

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size() public

Returns the number of key-value pairs in the hash.

h = { "d" => 100, "a" => 200, "v" => 300, "e" => 400 }
h.length        #=> 4
h.delete("a")   #=> 200
h.length        #=> 3

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static VALUE
rb_hash_size(VALUE hash)
{
    if (!RHASH(hash)->ntbl)
        return INT2FIX(0);
    return INT2FIX(RHASH(hash)->ntbl->num_entries);
}