How to add new item to hash

Question

I\'m new to Ruby and don\'t know how to add new item to already existing hash. For example, first I construct hash:

hash = {item1: 1}

after

Answer 1

hash.store(key, value) - Stores a key-value pair in hash.

Example:

hash   #=> {"a"=>9, "b"=>200, "c"=>4}
hash.store("d", 42) #=> 42
hash   #=> {"a"=>9, "b"=>200, "c"=>4, "d"=>42}

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