Rails load YAML to hash and reference by symbol

Question

I am loading a YAML file in Rails 3.0.9 like this:

APP_CONFIG = YAML.load(File.read(File.expand_path(\'../app.yml\', __FILE__)))

It loads the a

Answer 1

If you are working in Ruby on Rails, You might want to take a look at symbolize_keys(), which does exactly what the OP asked for. If the hash is deep,you can use deep_symbolize_keys(). Using this approach, the answer is

APP_CONFIG = YAML.load(File.read(File.expand_path('../app.yml', __FILE__))).deep_symbolize_keys