2006/1/30, Jonathan Leighton <lists / turnipspatch.com>: > On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 05:33 +0900, Simon Kröçer wrote: > > Jonathan Leighton wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm going ever so slightly crazy over some looping behaviour. Here's a > > > simplified test case I made: > > > > Is this what you are trying to do? > > > > def categorise(items) > > items.inject(Hash.new([])) do |h, item| > > h[item[:num]] += [item[:foo]]; h > > end.map{|k, v| {:num => k, :items => v}} > > end > > That's cool (although crowded), but it doesn't fit the bill for me as I > need the order to be retained. What exactly do you want to do? Can you describe it other than in code? Input, output etc. Cheers robert -- Have a look: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fussel-foto/