Hash#transform_keys

hash.transform_keys {|key| ... } → new_hash

hash.transform_keys(hash2) → new_hash

hash.transform_keys(hash2) {|other_key| ...} → new_hash

hash.transform_keys → new_enumerator

static VALUE
rb_hash_transform_keys(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE hash)
{
    VALUE result;
    struct transform_keys_args transarg = {0};

    argc = rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1);
    if (argc > 0) {
        transarg.trans = to_hash(argv[0]);
        transarg.block_given = rb_block_given_p();
    }
    else {
        RETURN_SIZED_ENUMERATOR(hash, 0, 0, hash_enum_size);
    }
    result = rb_hash_new();
    if (!RHASH_EMPTY_P(hash)) {
        if (transarg.trans) {
            transarg.result = result;
            rb_hash_foreach(hash, transform_keys_hash_i, (VALUE)&transarg);
        }
        else {
            rb_hash_foreach(hash, transform_keys_i, result);
        }
    }

    return result;
}

Returns a new Hash object; each entry has:

A key provided by the block.
The value from self.

An optional hash argument can be provided to map keys to new keys. Any key not given will be mapped using the provided block, or remain the same if no block is given.

Transform keys:

Example

h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2}
h1 = h.transform_keys {|key| key.to_s }
h1 # => {"foo"=>0, "bar"=>1, "baz"=>2}

h.transform_keys(foo: :bar, bar: :foo)
#=> {bar: 0, foo: 1, baz: 2}

h.transform_keys(foo: :hello, &:to_s)
#=> {:hello=>0, "bar"=>1, "baz"=>2}

Overwrites values for duplicate keys:

Example

h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2}
h1 = h.transform_keys {|key| :bat }
h1 # => {:bat=>2}

Returns a new Enumerator if no block given:

Example

h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2}
e = h.transform_keys # => #<Enumerator: {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}:transform_keys>
h1 = e.each { |key| key.to_s }
h1 # => {"foo"=>0, "bar"=>1, "baz"=>2}

Ruby version changes

3.0
- Hash#transform_keys and Hash#transform_keys! now accept a hash that maps keys to new keys. [Feature #16274]

See also #transform_keys! #to_s #to_proc #transform_values also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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