I have a hash like
h = {1 => {"inner" => 45}, 2 => {"inner" => 46}, "inner" => 47}
How do I delete every pair that contains the key "inner"?
You can see that some of the "inner" pairs appear directly in h while others appear in pairs in h
Note that I only want to delete the "inner" pairs, so if I call my mass delete method on the above hash, I should get
h = {1 => {}, 2 => {}}
Since these pairs don't have a key == "inner"
Really, this is what reject! is for:
def f! x
x.reject!{|k,v| 'inner' == k} if x.is_a? Hash
x.each{|k,v| f! x[k]}
end
def except_nested(x,key)
case x
when Hash then x = x.inject({}) {|m, (k, v)| m[k] = except_nested(v,key) unless k == key ; m }
when Array then x.map! {|e| except_nested(e,key)}
end
x
end
def f x
x.inject({}) do |m, (k, v)|
v = f v if v.is_a? Hash # note, arbitrarily recursive
m[k] = v unless k == 'inner'
m
end
end
p f h
Update: slightly improved...
def f x
x.is_a?(Hash) ? x.inject({}) do |m, (k, v)|
m[k] = f v unless k == 'inner'
m
end : x
end
inject makes your improved solution difficult to read (especially when you combine those with the use of single-letter, nondescript method and variable names). It'd be a bit easier to follow if you used if/else instead of the ternary, and meaningful variable names: ``` def reject_keys(input, rejected_key) if input.is_a?(Hash) input.inject({}) do |hash, (k, v)| hash[k] = reject_keys(v) unless k == rejected_key hash end else input end end puts reject_keys(h, "inner") ```Here is what I came up with:
class Hash
def deep_reject_key!(key)
keys.each {|k| delete(k) if k == key || self[k] == self[key] }
values.each {|v| v.deep_reject_key!(key) if v.is_a? Hash }
self
end
end
Works for a Hash or a HashWithIndifferentAccess
> x = {'1' => 'cat', '2' => { '1' => 'dog', '2' => 'elephant' }}
=> {"1"=>"cat", "2"=>{"1"=>"dog", "2"=>"elephant"}}
> y = x.with_indifferent_access
=> {"1"=>"cat", "2"=>{"1"=>"dog", "2"=>"elephant"}}
> x.deep_reject_key!(:"1")
=> {"1"=>"cat", "2"=>{"1"=>"dog", "2"=>"elephant"}}
> x.deep_reject_key!("1")
=> {"2"=>{"2"=>"elephant"}}
> y.deep_reject_key!(:"1")
=> {"2"=>{"2"=>"elephant"}}
Similar answer but it is a whitelist type approach. For ruby 1.9+
# recursive remove keys
def deep_simplify_record(hash, keep)
hash.keep_if do |key, value|
if keep.include?(key)
deep_simplify_record(value, keep) if value.is_a?(Hash)
true
end
end
end
hash = {:a => 1, :b => 2, :c => {:a => 1, :b => 2, :c => {:a => 1, :b => 2, :c => 4}} }
deep_simplify_record(hash, [:b, :c])
# => {:b=>2, :c=>{:b=>2, :c=>{:b=>2, :c=>4}}}
Also here are some other methods which I like to use for hashes. https://gist.github.com/earlonrails/2048705
h = {a: 1, b: {c: 1, a: {b: 2}}}; deep_simplify_record(h, %i[b c]) produces {:b=>{:c=>1, :a=>{:b=>2}}}. Not all :as were removed. The include? check needs to be done regardless of whether v is a Hash.