Re: * in { |key, value| value * 2 }

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Subject	Re: * in { \|key, value\| value * 2 }
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Doc O'Leary <droleary@2017usenet1.subsume.com> wrote:
> For your reference, records indicate that 
> dreamer <dreamer@panix.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> That’s just the way the update method works.  Its “normal” use is to merge 
> two different hashes, and the block is only run to resolve the case where 
> there are keys that exist in both.  But used against itself, *all* entries 
> will match, and thus be changed by the code in the given block.


Thank you for the clarification.  I appreciate you taking the time to 
respond and give me a better understanding of this.  I'm finding Ruby
intuitive and, may I say, "fun" :)




.------------------( Danny Lee <dreamer@panix.com> )------------------.
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough;
we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. 
                                                    ~ Leonardo da Vinci

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* in { |key, value| value * 2 } dreamer <dreamer@panix.com> - 2019-07-08 15:24 +0000
  Re: * in { |key, value| value * 2 } Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2017usenet1.subsume.com> - 2019-07-14 15:44 +0000
    Re: * in { |key, value| value * 2 } dreamer <dreamer@panix.com> - 2019-07-16 15:27 +0000
      Re: * in { |key, value| value * 2 } Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2017usenet1.subsume.com> - 2019-07-16 19:44 +0000
        Re: * in { |key, value| value * 2 } dreamer <dreamer@panix.com> - 2019-07-17 23:21 +0000

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