Search a value from nested hash

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Hi
i need some guide to complete my task
basically i am doing this

if result.has_key?("t")
        p result["t"]
end

"host1"=>{"valu1"=>{"value2"=>[{"t-1"=>"Fri Jan 18 01:46:15 SAST
2013"}]}, "value3"=>{"start"=>"xxxx", "value4"=>"xxxx"}},
"host2"=>{"value1"=>{"vaue2"=>[{"t-8"=>"Fri Jan 18 01:51:59 SAST
2013"}]}, "value3"=>{"start"=>"xxxxx", "value4"=>"xxxx"}}}

but i need to further query in that hash for value t-1,
So if value t-1 is present in this hash then it will say "Found"

how can i do that ??
Thanks for your help.

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Can you please give a complete example? In the outermost Hash there
does not seem to be a key "t" and it is really unclear what you want
to achieve.

As an additional hint: better store timestamps as instances of Time or
DateTime. That makes processing them a lot easier.

Kind regards

robert

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On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 8:09 PM, robert lengu <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

Hi
i need some guide to complete my task
basically i am doing this

if result.has_key?("t")
        p result["t"]
end

"host1"=>{"valu1"=>{"value2"=>[{"t-1"=>"Fri Jan 18 01:46:15 SAST
2013"}]}, "value3"=>{"start"=>"xxxx", "value4"=>"xxxx"}},
"host2"=>{"value1"=>{"vaue2"=>[{"t-8"=>"Fri Jan 18 01:51:59 SAST
2013"}]}, "value3"=>{"start"=>"xxxxx", "value4"=>"xxxx"}}}

but i need to further query in that hash for value t-1,
So if value t-1 is present in this hash then it will say "Found"

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