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		jerf on Jan 6, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: R.I.P. Ruby Hash Rocket Syntax 1993-2010 I am not a Ruby programmer. What's the syntax for using a variable as the key, which is actually synonymous with the Python code?

j_baker on Jan 6, 2011 [–]

It would be something like this:

    >> a = :foobar
    => :foobar
    >> {a => 1}
    => {:foobar=>1}

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