How to remove a key from Hash and get the remaining hash in Ruby/Rails?

Question

To add a new pair to Hash I do:

{:a => 1, :b => 2}.merge!({:c => 3})   #=> {:a => 1, :b => 2, :c => 3}

Is there a simi

Answer 1

Instead of monkey patching or needlessly including large libraries, you can use refinements if you are using Ruby 2:

module HashExtensions
  refine Hash do
    def except!(*candidates)
      candidates.each { |candidate| delete(candidate) }
      self
    end

    def except(*candidates)
      dup.remove!(candidates)
    end
  end
end

You can use this feature without affecting other parts of your program, or having to include large external libraries.

class FabulousCode
  using HashExtensions

  def incredible_stuff
    delightful_hash.except(:not_fabulous_key)
  end
end