Converting an array to hash in ruby - arrays

Question

Supposed I have an array that looks like
testarr = [["Actor", "Morgan", "33", ["A","B"]],
["Movie", "Titanic", "44", ["A","A"]],
["Actor", "Jack Black", "333", ["A","A"]]]
I want to convert this into a hash which will be converted into a json eventually.
I want it to look like
{
"Actor" => {
{ "name" : "Morgan",
"Age" : 33",
"Films: { "A", "B" }} ,
{ "name" : "Jack Black",
"Age" : 44",
"Films: { "A", "A" }}
}
"Movie" => {
{ "Title" : "Titanic"
"Gross" : "44"
"Actors" : { "A", "A" }
}
}
Not sure about the exact format, but whatever makes sense.
I tried
def hashing(arr)
hash = Hash.new
arr.each do |item|
if item[0] == "Movie"
item.delete("Movie")
hash["Movie"] = item
item["Title"] = item[1]
item["Movie"]["Box Office"] = item[2]
item["Movie"]["Actors"] = item[3]
else
item.delete("Actor")
hash["Actor"] = item
item["Actor"]["Name"] == item[1]
item["Actor"]["Age"] == item[2]
item["Actor"]["Filmography"] == item[3]
end
end
return hash
end
testarr = [["Actor", "Morgan", "33", ["dsfds","dsfdsf"]],
["Movie", "Titanic", "44", ["dsfds","dfdsf"]],
["Actor", "Jack Black", "333", ["ssdsfds","dsfdsf"]]]
puts hashing(testarr)
But it gives me an error for putting the array item into "Movie" and "Actor" then trying to create keys like "Name" and "Age".
How can I make this as I desire?

Answer 1

testarr = [["Actor", "Morgan", "33", ["A","B"]],
["Movie", "Titanic", "44", ["A","A"]],
["Actor", "Jack Black", "333", ["A","A"]]]
a = Hash.new{ |h,k| h[k] = [] }
testarr.each do |arr|
b = {name: arr[1], age: arr[2], films: arr[3]}
a[arr[0]] << b
end
this will produce
{"Actor"=>[{"name"=>"Morgan", "age"=>"33", "films"=>["A", "B"]}, {"name"=>"Jack Black", "age"=>"333", "films"=>["A", "A"]}], "Movie"=>[{"name"=>"Titanic", "age"=>"44", "films"=>["A", "A"]}]}

Answer 2

Please try the below code,
v = [["Actor", "Morgan", "33", ["A", "B"]], ["Movie", "Titanic", "44", ["A", "A"]], ["Actor", "Jack Black", "333", ["A", "A"]]]
v.inject({}) do |ot, arr|
item = {name: arr[1], age: arr[2], films: arr[3]}
if ot[arr[0]].present?
ot[arr[0]] << item
else
ot[arr[0]] = []
ot[arr[0]] << item
end
ot
end
And the o/p is like below,
# => {"Actor"=>[{:name=>"Morgan", :age=>"33", :films=>["A", "B"]}, {:name=>"Jack Black", :age=>"333", :films=>["A", "A"]}], "Movie"=>[{:name=>"Titanic", :age=>"44", :films=>["A", "A"]}]}
Please note here the Actor is not hash of hashes, it's array of hashes, this is the standard way of keeping collection and convert it to json if you need by using to_json method.

Answer 3

You need to iterate through the array and parse each item, appending it to the resultant hash.
testarr = [["Actor", "Morgan", "33", ["A", "B"]],
["Movie", "Titanic", "44", ["A", "A"]],
["Actor", "Jack Black", "333", ["A", "A"]]]
results = {}
testarr.each do |item|
key, a, b, c = item
r = if key == 'Actor'
{ name: a, age: b, movies: c }
elsif key == 'Movie'
{ title: a, gross: b, actors: c }
end
results[key] = [] unless results[key]
results[key] << r
end
puts results
This will produce:
{"Actor"=>[{:name=>"Morgan", :age=>"33", :movies=>["A", "B"]}, {:name=>"Jack Black", :age=>"333", :movies=>["A", "A"]}], "Movie"=>[{:title=>"Titanic", :gross=>"44", :actors=>["A", "A"]}]}

Answer 4

The value in your :actor contains a hash without a key. The best thing you can do is put that into an array.
This will work. There might be a cleaner way, but I'm not sure how at the moment:
h = Hash.new { |hash, key| hash[key] = [] }
testarr = [["Actor", "Morgan", "33", ["A", "B"]], ["Movie", "Titanic", "44", ["A", "A"]], ["Actor", "Jack Black", "333", ["A", "A"]]]
testarr.each do |t|
if t[0] == 'Movie'
h[t[0]] << {title: t[1], gross: t[2], actors: t[3]}
else
h[t[0]] << {name: t[1], age: t[2], films: t[3]}
end
end
puts h
Output:
{"Actor"=>[{:name=>"Morgan", :age=>"33", :films=>["A", "B"]}, {:name=>"Jack Black", :age=>"333", :films=>["A", "A"]}], "Movie"=>[{:title=>"Titanic", :gross=>"44", :actors=>["A", "A"]}]}

Answer 5

I tried to keep the example you wrote.
First of all, it must be shaped for Array(such as [a, b] ) not Hash( {a, b} ) list of items
# You may want result like this ...
{
"Actor": [ # not '{' but '['
{
"name": "Morgan",
"Age": "33",
"Films": ["A", "B"] # not '{' but '[' also
},
{
"name": "Jack Black",
"Age": "44",
"Films": ["A", "A"]
}
],
"Movie": [
{
"Title": "Titanic",
"Gross": "44",
"Actors": ["A", "A"]
}
]
}
and then your function should be like this ...
def hashing(arr)
hash = Hash.new
hash["Movie"], hash["Actor"] = [], []
arr.each do |item|
if item[0] == "Movie"
movie = {}
movie["Title"] = item[1]
movie["Box Office"] = item[2]
movie["Actors"] = item[3]
item.delete("Movie") # optional
hash["Movie"] << movie
else
actor = {}
actor["Name"] = item[1]
actor["Age"] = item[2]
actor["Filmography"] = item[3]
item.delete("Actor") # optional
hash["Actor"] << actor
end
end
return hash
end
Then it's time to test!
as your codes,
testarr = [
["Actor", "Morgan", "33", ["dsfds","dsfdsf"]],
["Movie", "Titanic", "44", ["dsfds","dfdsf"]],
["Actor", "Jack Black", "333", ["ssdsfds","dsfdsf"]]
]
puts hashing(testarr)
It will return this:
{
"Movie"=>
[
{"Title"=>"Titanic", "Box Office"=>"44", "Actors"=>["dsfds", "dfdsf"]}
],
"Actor"=>
[
{"Name"=>"Morgan", "Age"=>"33", "Filmography"=>["dsfds", "dsfdsf"]},
{"Name"=>"Jack Black", "Age"=>"333", "Filmography"=>["ssdsfds", "dsfdsf"]}
]
}

Answer 6

Code
def convert(arr, keys)
arr.group_by(&:first).transform_values do |a|
a.map { |key, *values| keys[key].zip(values).to_h }
end
end
Example (using testarr defined in the question)
keys = { "Actor"=>[:name, :Age, :Films], "Movie"=>[:Title, :Gross, :Actors] }
convert(testarr, keys)
#=> { "Actor"=>[
# {:name=>"Morgan", :Age=>"33", :Films=>["A", "B"]},
# {:name=>"Jack Black", :Age=>"333", :Films=>["A", "A"]}
# ],
# "Movie"=>[
# {:Title=>"Titanic", :Gross=>"44", :Actors=>["A", "A"]}
# ]
# }
Explanation
See Enumerable#group_by, Hash#transform_values, Array#zip and Array#to_h.
The steps are as follows.
h = testarr.group_by(&:first)
#=> { "Actor"=>[
# ["Actor", "Morgan", "33", ["A", "B"]],
# ["Actor", "Jack Black", "333", ["A", "A"]]
# ],
# "Movie"=>[
# ["Movie", "Titanic", "44", ["A", "A"]]
# ]
# }
Though not quite equivalent, you can think of testarr.group_by(&:first) as being "shorthand" for testarr.group_by { |a| a.first }. Continuing,
e0 = h.transform_values
#=> #<Enumerator:
# {"Actor"=>[["Actor", "Morgan", "33", ["A", "B"]],
# ["Actor", "Jack Black", "333", ["A", "A"]]],
# "Movie"=>[["Movie", "Titanic", "44", ["A", "A"]]]}
# :transform_values>
The first element is generated by the enumerator e0, passed to the block and the block variable is set equal to that value.
a = e0.next
#=> [["Actor", "Morgan", "33", ["A", "B"]],
# ["Actor", "Jack Black", "333", ["A", "A"]]]
A second enumerator is now created.
e1 = a.map
#=> #<Enumerator: [["Actor", "Morgan", "33", ["A", "B"]],
# ["Actor", "Jack Black", "333", ["A", "A"]]]:map>
The first value is generated by e1, passed to the inner block and the block variables are assigned values (using disambiguation).
key, *values = e1.next
#=> ["Actor", "Morgan", "33", ["A", "B"]]
key
#=> "Actor"
values
#=> ["Morgan", "33", ["A", "B"]]
The inner block calculation is now performed.
b = keys[key].zip(values)
#=> keys["Actor"].zip(["Morgan", "33", ["A", "B"]])
#=> [:name, :Age, :Films].zip(["Morgan", "33", ["A", "B"]])
#=> [[:name, "Morgan"], [:Age, "33"], [:Films, ["A", "B"]]]
b.to_h
#=> {:name=>"Morgan", :Age=>"33", :Films=>["A", "B"]}
Now the second and last element is generated by e1 and the same calculations are performed.
key, *values = e1.next
#=> ["Actor", "Jack Black", "333", ["A", "A"]]
b = keys[key].zip(values)
#=> [[:name, "Jack Black"], [:Age, "333"], [:Films, ["A", "A"]]]
b.to_h
#=> {:name=>"Jack Black", :Age=>"333", :Films=>["A", "A"]}
When another value is sought from e1 we obtain the following.
e1.next
#=> StopIteration: iteration reached an end
This exception is caught, causing e1 to return to the outer block. At this point e0 generates it next (and last value).
a = e0.next
#=> [["Movie", "Titanic", "44", ["A", "A"]]]
The remaining calculations are similar.