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how to change hash keys in the lower case using ruby

Given hash with nested documents:

myHash = {
  "MemberId"=>"ABC0001", 
  "MemberName"=>"Alan", 
  "details"=>[
    {"LineNumber"=>"4.1", "Item"=>"A0001", "Description"=>"Apple"}, 
    {"LineNumber"=>"5.1", "Item"=>"A0002"}, 
    {"LineNumber"=>"6.1", "Item"=>"Orange"}
  ]
}

I want to change it so it will look like:

{
  "memberid"=>"ABC0001", 
  "membername"=>"Alan", 
  "details"=>[
    {"linenumber"=>"4.1", "item"=>"A0001", "description"=>"Apple"}, 
    {"linenumber"=>"5.1", "item"=>"A0002"}, 
    {"linenumber"=>"6.1", "item"=>"Orange"}
  ]
}

In other words, I want to change to lower case if any in the hash key. I understand I'll have to iterate through the hash and use downcase method. If there any easy way of doing this in ruby?

Solution 
  • class Hash
  def downcase_key
    keys.each do |k|
      store(k.downcase, Array === (v = delete(k)) ? v.map(&:downcase_key) : v)
    end
    self
  end
end

myHash.downcase_key