How do I sort an array of hashes by a value in the hash?

Question

This Ruby code is not behaving as I would expect:

# create an array of hashes
sort_me = []
sort_me.push({\"value\"=>1, \"name\"=>\"a\"})
sort_me.push({         


        

Answer 1

You can use sort_me.sort_by!{ |k| k["value"]}. This should work.