Plucking out all hash keys that has a specific word

Question

How do you pluck out a hash key that has for example

Hash 1 {sample => {apple => 1, guest_email => my_email@example.com }}

Hash 2 {guest => {email => my_email@example.com}}

Lets say I want 1 method that will pluck out the email from either of those hashes, is there any way I can that like lets say hash.get_key_match("email")

yeah basically if im given 2 types of hash from external source so lets say i have to deal with that 2 types — Berimbolo, Oct 22 '20 at 10:21
A kludge: `h = {:sample => {:apple => 1, :guest_email => 'my_email@example.com' }}; h.to_s[/(?<=email=>")[^"]+/] #=> "my_email@example.com"`. — Cary Swoveland, Oct 22 '20 at 17:05

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 22 '20 at 10:09

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You may use Hash#select to only return keypairs, matching the block:

h = { guest_email: 'some_mail', other_key: '123', apple: 1 }

h.select { |key, _value| key =~ /email/ }
#=> { guest_email: 'some_mail' }

answered Oct 22 '20 at 10:09

Frederik Spang

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This is a good start for me, how do I pluck just the value (no keys) when there's a match? – Berimbolo Oct 22 '20 at 10:45
You could go for `hash.values` – Frederik Spang Oct 22 '20 at 10:46
hash.values.select {|key, value| key =~ /email/} returns [] – Berimbolo Oct 22 '20 at 10:49
`h.select { |key, _value| key =~ /email/ }.values` – Frederik Spang Oct 22 '20 at 11:51

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 22 '20 at 10:51

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you can use this

hash = { first_email: 'first_email', second_email: 'second_email' }


hash.select { |key, _value| key =~ /email/ }.map {|k, v| v}

answered Oct 22 '20 at 10:51

wiwit

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 22 '20 at 10:25

I guess that you need the deep search. There is no method from the box.

You need use recursion for this goal.

I suspect that your issue can be solved by:

class Hash
  def deep_find(key, node = self)
    searchable_key = key.to_s
    matched_keys = node.keys.select { |e| e.to_s.match?(searchable_key) }
    return node[matched_keys.first] if matched_keys.any?

    node.values
        .select { |e| e.respond_to?(:deep_find) }
        .map { |e| e.deep_find(key, e) }
        .flatten.first
  end
end

h = {a_foo: {d: 4}, b: {foo: 1}}
p (h.deep_find(:foo))
# => {:d=>4}

h = {a: 2, c: {a_foo: :bar}, b: {foo: 1}}
p (h.deep_find(:foo))
# => :bar

Plucking out all hash keys that has a specific word

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