Create a hash from an array of keys

Question

I have looked at other questions in SO and did not find an answer for my specific problem.

I have an array:

a = ["a", "b", "c", "d"]

I want to convert this array to a hash where the array elements become the keys in the hash and all they the same value say 1. i.e hash should be:

{"a" => 1, "b" => 1, "c" => 1, "d" => 1}

Solution 1

My solution, one among the others :-)

a = ["a", "b", "c", "d"]
h = Hash[a.map {|x| [x, 1]}]

Solution 2

There are several options:

• to_h with block:

  a.to_h { |a_i| [a_i, 1] }
  #=> {"a"=>1, "b"=>1, "c"=>1, "d"=>1}
  

• product + to_h:

  a.product([1]).to_h
  #=> {"a"=>1, "b"=>1, "c"=>1, "d"=>1}
  

• transpose + to_h:

  [a,[1] * a.size].transpose.to_h
  #=> {"a"=>1, "b"=>1, "c"=>1, "d"=>1}
  

Solution 3

a = ["a", "b", "c", "d"]

4 more options, achieving the desired output:

h = a.map{|e|[e,1]}.to_h
h = a.zip([1]*a.size).to_h
h = a.product([1]).to_h
h = a.zip(Array.new(a.size, 1)).to_h

All these options rely on Array#to_h, available in Ruby v2.1 or higher

Solution 4

a = %w{ a b c d e }

Hash[a.zip([1] * a.size)]   #=> {"a"=>1, "b"=>1, "c"=>1, "d"=>1, "e"=>1}

Solution 5

Here:

hash = Hash[a.map { |k| [k, value] }]

This assumes that, per your example above, that a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'] and that value = 1.

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