Hash of hashes

I don’t think that’s what you want:

irb(main):001:0> a = Hash.new({})
=> {}
irb(main):002:0> a[‘foo’].id
=> 21054224
irb(main):003:0> a[‘bar’].id
=> 21054224

-austin

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On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 10:52:51 +0900, Dave Brown wrote:

In article 200310031434.31907.argentoff@rtelekom.ru,
Paul Argentoff argentoff@rtelekom.ru wrote:
: On Friday 03 October 2003 14:04, Paul Argentoff wrote:
: > How can I create $Subject for future population?
: Let’s put it this way: I need to create a nested hash which will be
: populatedlater by referencing the keys in the subhashes. How can I do
: this?

You mean, er,

irb(main):001:0> a=Hash.new({})
=> {}
irb(main):002:0> a[‘foo’]
=> {}


austin ziegler * austin@halostatue.ca * Toronto, ON, Canada
software designer * pragmatic programmer * 2003.10.03
* 22.22.45