How to check if an array contains a certain value? - arrays

Question

I am working with an array in this form:
"car_documents_attributes"=>{
"1562523330183"=>{
"id"=>"", "filename"=>"tyYYqHeqSFOnqLHEz5lO_rc_tispor12756_6wldwu.pdf", "document_type"=>"contract"
},
"1562523353208"=>{
"id"=>"", "filename"=>"a9P8TyECRiKbI2YdRVZy_rc_tispor12756_bbtzdz.pdf", "document_type"=>"request"
},
"1562523353496"=>{
"id"=>"", "filename"=>"WCM5FHOfSw6yNSUrfPPm_rc_tispor12756_dqu9r2.pdf", "document_type"=>"notes"
},
...
}
I need to find out if in this array is an item where document_type=contract (there can be none, one or multiple ones).
The way I do it is looping through the array item by item, which can be slow if there are tens of items.
Is there a better and faster way to simply check if in the array is an item with document_type = contract?

Answer 1

That's a hash containing more hashes. What you can do is to access to car_documents_attributes, iterate over those hash values and check if any document_type is "contract":
data = {
"car_documents_attributes" => {
"1562523330183" => { "id" => "", "filename" => "tyYYqHeqSFOnqLHEz5lO_rc_tispor12756_6wldwu.pdf", "document_type" => "contract"},
"1562523353208" => { "id" => "", "filename" => "a9P8TyECRiKbI2YdRVZy_rc_tispor12756_bbtzdz.pdf", "document_type" => "request" },
"1562523353496" => { "id" => "", "filename" => "WCM5FHOfSw6yNSUrfPPm_rc_tispor12756_dqu9r2.pdf", "document_type" => "notes" }
}
}
p data['car_documents_attributes'].any? { |_, doc| doc['document_type'] == 'contract' }
# true
Didn't know it was data coming from the params. If so, you do need to permit what's being received or convert the params to an unsafe hash.
Also, you can try using fetch instead [] when trying to get car_documents_attributes, because if that key isn't in data, it'll throw nil, which would throw a NoMethodError:
data.fetch('car_documents_attributes', []).any? { |_, doc| doc['document_type'] == 'contract' }