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invert

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invert() public

Returns a Hash in which the key-value pairs have been inverted.

Example:

require 'sdbm'

SDBM.open 'my_database' do |db|
  db.update('apple' => 'fruit', 'spinach' => 'vegetable')

  db.invert  #=> {"fruit" => "apple", "vegetable" => "spinach"}
end

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static VALUE
fsdbm_invert(VALUE obj)
{
    datum key, val;
    struct dbmdata *dbmp;
    DBM *dbm;
    VALUE keystr, valstr;
    VALUE hash = rb_hash_new();

    GetDBM2(obj, dbmp, dbm);
    for (key = sdbm_firstkey(dbm); key.dptr; key = sdbm_nextkey(dbm)) {
        val = sdbm_fetch(dbm, key);
        keystr = rb_external_str_new(key.dptr, key.dsize);
        valstr = rb_external_str_new(val.dptr, val.dsize);
        rb_hash_aset(hash, valstr, keystr);
    }
    return hash;
}

invert

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