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Generating hash hashes using the default hash structure

I have the following code:

default = {:id => 0, :detail =>{:name=>"Default", :id => ""}}
employees = {}

nr = (0..3).to_a 
nr.each do |n|
    employee = default
    employee[:id] = n
    employee[:detail][:name] = "Default #{n}"
    employee[:detail][:id] = "KEY-#{n}"
    employees[n] = employee
end
puts employees

I expect that the value for a key :id

in :detail

a hash are KEY-0

, KEY-1

, KEY-2

.

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You only need to change:

default = { :id=>0, :detail=>{ :name=>"Default", :id=>"" } }

to

def default
  {}.merge(:id=>0, :detail=>({}.merge(:name=>"Default", :id=>"")))
end

but hey, while we're at it, we can Ruby-iize the rest:

employees = (0..3).map do |n|
    employee = default
    employee[:id] = n
    employee[:detail][:name] = "Default #{n}"
    employee[:detail][:id] = "KEY-#{n}"
    employee
end
  #=> [{:id=>0, :detail=>{:name=>"Default 0", :id=>"KEY-0"}},
  #    {:id=>1, :detail=>{:name=>"Default 1", :id=>"KEY-1"}},
  #    {:id=>2, :detail=>{:name=>"Default 2", :id=>"KEY-2"}},
  #    {:id=>3, :detail=>{:name=>"Default 3", :id=>"KEY-3"}}]

Please confirm that we are making deep copies default

:

employees[0][:detail][:id] = "cat"
employees
  #=> [{:id=>0, :detail=>{:name=>"Default 0", :id=>"cat"}},
  #    {:id=>1, :detail=>{:name=>"Default 1", :id=>"KEY-1"}},
  #    {:id=>2, :detail=>{:name=>"Default 2", :id=>"KEY-2"}},
  #    {:id=>3, :detail=>{:name=>"Default 3", :id=>"KEY-3"}}]


You would see this more often:

employees = (0..3).map do |n|
  default.merge(:id=>n, :detail=>{:name=>"Default #{n}", :id=>"KEY-#{n}"})
end
  #=> [{:id=>0, :detail=>{:name=>"Default 0", :id=>"cat"}},
  #    {:id=>1, :detail=>{:name=>"Default 1", :id=>"KEY-1"}},
  #    {:id=>2, :detail=>{:name=>"Default 2", :id=>"KEY-2"}},
  #    {:id=>3, :detail=>{:name=>"Default 3", :id=>"KEY-3"}}]

As suggested by other answers, you could:

class Object
  def deep_copy
    Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(self))
  end
end

Then you could write:

default = { :id=>0, :detail=>{ :name=>"Default", :id=>"" } }
employees = (0..3).map do |n|
  default.deep_copy.merge(:id=>n, :detail=>{:name=>"Default #{n}",
    :id=>"KEY-#{n}"})
end
  #=> [{:id=>0, :detail=>{:name=>"Default 0", :id=>"KEY-0"}},
  #    {:id=>1, :detail=>{:name=>"Default 1", :id=>"KEY-1"}},
  #    {:id=>2, :detail=>{:name=>"Default 2", :id=>"KEY-2"}},
  #    {:id=>3, :detail=>{:name=>"Default 3", :id=>"KEY-3"}}]

This has the advantage that default

no other changes are required when changing .

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You make a shallow copy on each iteration, that is, every time each copy is overridden by the values ​​computed in the last iteration. You can try the following for the default hash hash pattern to make a deep copy:

employee = Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(default))


Demonstration

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You will need marshall for your default to copy

default = {id: 0, detail: {name: "Default", id:""}}
employees = {}
4.times do |n|
  employees[n] = Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(default))
  employees[n][:id] = n
  employees[n][:detail][:name] = "Default #{n}"
  employees[n][:detail][:id] = "KEY-#{n}"
end
puts employees

Output signal

{0=>{:id=>0, :detail=>{:name=>"Default 0", :id=>"KEY-0"}}, 1=>{:id=>1, :detail=>{:name=>"Default 1", :id=>"KEY-1"}}, 2=>{:id=>2, :detail=>{:name=>"Default 2", :id=>"KEY-2"}}, 3=>{:id=>3, :detail=>{:name=>"Default 3", :id=>"KEY-3"}}}

You can read this post Cloning an Array with Its Contents

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And here you have a smaller version and should be faster if you want.

employees = {}
4.times { |n| employees[n]={id: n, detail: {name: "Default #{n}", id:"KEY-#{n}"}} }
puts employees
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