Hi, hash = {} array1.uniq.each { |d| hash[d] = [] } array1.each_with_index { |x,i| hash[x] << array2[i] } hash.each_key { |key| hash[key] = hash[key].join('-') } hash.inspect # => {"01/01/2009"=>"1stjan1-1stjan2-1stjan3", "10/01/2009"=>"10thjan1-10thjan2"}
Enjoy, -Harold On Jan 27, 2:13 am, Shankar Ganesh <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-s.net> wrote: > Hi , > I need to merge an array in ruby on rails. > > array1 = > ['01/01/2009','01/01/2009','10/01/2009','01/01/2009','10/01/2009'] > array2 = ['1stjan1','1stjan2','10thjan1','1stjan3','10thjan2'] > > I need to have array like this > > array3 = > ['01/01/2009'=>'1stjan1-1stjan2-1stjan3','10/01/2009'=>'10thjan1-10thjan2'] > > Thanks in Advance. > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---