fixing horrible formatting when adding to ruby array from params

Question

I have some code that adds to a session array like so:

if policy_session[:modalities] #array exists just add new value to it
    policy_session[:modalities] << [params[:modality], policy_session[:mode_list]]
else #the array does't exist yet, so create and add first one. 
    policy_session[:modalities] = [params[:modality], policy_session[:mode_list]]

but this produces horrible formatting on my :modalities array. It looks like this:

>> policy_session[:modalities]
>># [["var_1"], "1",[["var_2"], ["2"]], [["var_3"], ["1"]]]

Which is a total pain to try and iterate over later in my program.

I have tried a bunch of different things, but haven't come up with anything that really looks better then this.

How do I create and then add to the array such that my output will be readable? And all formatted the same!

I would like something like this:

>>policy_session[:modalities]
>># [["var_1", "1"], ["var_2", "2"], ["var_3", "1"]]

Philip Hallstrom · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-14 18:19:08Z

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Something like this...

policy_session[:modalities] ||= [] # set it to an empty array if nil
policy_session[:modalities] << [params[:modality], policy_session[:mode_list]]

Edit: To get rid of the extra []'s...

policy_session[:modalities] ||= [] # set it to an empty array if nil
policy_session[:modalities] << [params[:modality], policy_session[:mode_list]].flatten

edited Nov 14, 2012 at 18:19

answered Nov 14, 2012 at 17:39

Philip Hallstrom

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2 Comments

Ryan Over a year ago

that's close it produces this for format: [[["var_1"], "1"], [["var_2"], "1"], [["var_3"], "1"]]. Anyway to get rid of those extra brackets around my "var_#"?

Ryan Over a year ago

thanks worked like a charm, ruby arrays are a little weird coming from working with javascript arrays.

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