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Ruby Ruby Collections Ruby Hashes Ruby Hash Creation

SZE XU
SZE XU
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Posted by SZE XU
SZE XU
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Hi I am new to Ruby & programming, so whats the difference between array and hash in Ruby?

Hi I am new to Ruby & programming, so whats the difference between array and hash in Ruby?

2 Answers

Martin Cornejo Saavedra
Martin Cornejo Saavedra
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Martin Cornejo Saavedra
Martin Cornejo Saavedra
18,132 Points

An array can contain any object with an index. To obtain the object you must enter the index of the array. Example:

anyArray = ['house', 2, 'hello', 1200]
puts anyArray[2]   # hello

A hash can contain any object with a key asociated to it. To obtain the object you must enter the key of the array.

anyHash = {'name' => 'Martin', 'location' => 'Chile'}
puts anyHash['location']   # Chile
bashburn
bashburn
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bashburn
bashburn
7,611 Points

An array is an ordered list.

A Hash is an unordered list of key/value pairs, like a dictionary.