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Recursively Symbolize Keys In Ruby

08.10.2010

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class Hash
  def recursively_symbolize_keys!
    self.symbolize_keys!
    self.values.each do |v|
      if v.is_a? Hash
        v.recursively_symbolize_keys!
      elsif v.is_a? Array
        v.recursively_symbolize_keys!
      end
    end
    self
  end
end

class Array
  def recursively_symbolize_keys!
    self.each do |item|
      if item.is_a? Hash
        item.recursively_symbolize_keys!
      elsif item.is_a? Array
        item.recursively_symbolize_keys!
      end
    end
  end
end

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