----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Lyman" <rich / lithinos.com> > I really like the feel of 'pick' with arrays. > > What about a 'pick_as' option for the hash? > > It would be nice though - with hashes - to say whether or not I'm 'picking' > responses based on the key or the value... > Hashes and arrays map keys to values. The method we are looking for returns several values based on several keys. Finding the keys that map to a set of values is out of scope for this method, I feel. Gavin