Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!talisker.lacave.net!lacave.net!not-for-mail From: Adam Adam Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby Subject: Re: Help on hashing multiple keys and values Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:46:42 -0500 Organization: Service de news de lacave.net Lines: 26 Message-ID: <928715e0c5481a49668ff17d33936bbf@ruby-forum.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: bristol.highgroove.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: talisker.lacave.net 1302742137 53711 65.111.164.187 (14 Apr 2011 00:48:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@lacave.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:48:57 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: X-Received-From: This message has been automatically forwarded from the ruby-talk mailing list by a gateway at comp.lang.ruby. If it is SPAM, it did not originate at comp.lang.ruby. Please report the original sender, and not us. Thanks! For more details about this gateway, please visit: http://blog.grayproductions.net/categories/the_gateway X-Mail-Count: 381482 X-Ml-Name: ruby-talk X-Rubymirror: Yes X-Ruby-Talk: <928715e0c5481a49668ff17d33936bbf@ruby-forum.com> Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.ruby:2803 Hi Clifford and Jake, There must be something I'm missing, when I run name_hash = Hash.new{|key, value| key[value] = []} File.open("numbers_and_colors.txt").each do |file_line| file_line.chomp! line_parts = file_line.split(/\t/) name_hash["#{line_parts[0]}"] = %W["#{line_parts[1]}"] puts name_hash["2"] end I end up with "Blue" "Blue" "Green" I'm worried with the actual data this will be 100000 "Blue" and a "Green". Thanks for the help. And according to Merriam-Webster verbosely is indeed a word -Adam -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.