How do I search within an array of hashes by hash values in ruby?

Question

I have an array of hashes, @fathers.

a_father = { \"father\" => \"Bob\", \"age\" =>  40 }
@fathers << a_father
a_father = { \"father\" => \"Da         


        

Answer 1

if your array looks like

array = [
 {:name => "Hitesh" , :age => 27 , :place => "xyz"} ,
 {:name => "John" , :age => 26 , :place => "xtz"} ,
 {:name => "Anil" , :age => 26 , :place => "xsz"} 
]

And you Want To know if some value is already present in your array. Use Find Method

array.find {|x| x[:name] == "Hitesh"}

This will return object if Hitesh is present in name otherwise return nil