Accessing hash attribute the same way as accessing an object attribute

Question

I have a ruby hash, say

h={name: "john", age: "23"}

It is not an object, just a hash created from an object. I want to access its values with the method attribute as I access an object. i.e.:

h.name => "john"
h.age  => 23

Is it possible to do this?

In a rabl template, where i just want to render a hash, not an object. — sovanlandy
– sovanlandy, Commented Apr 22, 2013 at 6:40
I just check rabl doc they also recommend openstruct. github.com/nesquena/rabl/wiki/Rendering-hash-objects-in-rabl — sovanlandy
– sovanlandy, Commented Apr 22, 2013 at 6:46
I agree with squiguy, h[:name] or h[:age] is what you have. Why put in all that overhead to make a method out of it? — kikuchiyo
– kikuchiyo, Commented Apr 22, 2013 at 6:49

megas · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-22 08:26:27Z

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In your case it will be handy to use openstruct

require 'ostruct'

h = OpenStruct.new(name: "john", age: "23")

h.name #=> "john"
h.age  #=> 23

answered Apr 22, 2013 at 6:36

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develop-ua · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-25 14:15:23Z

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Maybe this is what you are looking for

item = Struct.new(:id, :name)
item.new(1, 'Name')

answered Jul 25, 2016 at 14:15

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