"Yvon Thoraval" <yvon.thoravalNO-SPAM / free.fr> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:1gbat4z.108b9591bhia0iN%yvon.thoravalNO-SPAM / free.fr... > i'm transalating a BeanShell prog using : > Map fieldsHash = new LinkedHashMap(); > fieldsHash.put("btl_desc", "Description"); > fieldsHash.put("btl_vintage", "Millesime"); > fieldsHash.put("btl_buy_date", "Date achat"); > fieldsHash.put("wcol_id", "Coul."); > fieldsHash.put("btl_init_nbr", "Qte A"); > fieldsHash.put("btl_current_nbr", "Qte R"); > > i've seen the PseudoHash of Gotoken : <snip/> > i want to emulate that LinkedHashMap into ruby without calling the java > class (it's possible because i'm using JRuby) how could i make > modifications, if any, Gotoken's code for that ? Dunno that class but what is it that you want to achieve? Do you need a sorted Hash? Then you can easily do h = {} # modify h h.sort.each do |key, val| # ... end or even h.sort {|a,b| a <=> b}.each do |key, val| # ... end Kind regards robert