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From: dreamer <dreamer@panix.com>
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Subject: Re: * in { |key, value| value * 2 }
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 23:21:49 +0000 (UTC)
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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" :)




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