ruby - Converting a hash into a nested hash

Question

This question is the inverse of this question.

Given a hash that has an array for each key like

{
    [:a, :b, :c] => 1,
    [:a, :b, :d] => 2,
    [:a, :e] => 3,
    [:f] => 4,
}

what is the best way to convert it into a nested hash like

{
    :a => {
       :b => {:c => 1, :d => 2},
       :e => 3,
    },
    :f => 4,
}

Answer 1

Here's an iterative solution, a recursive one is left as an exercise to the reader:

def convert(h={})
  ret = {}
  h.each do |k,v|
    node = ret
    k[0..-2].each {|x| node[x]||={}; node=node[x]}
    node[k[-1]] = v
  end
  ret
end

convert(your_hash) # => {:f=>4, :a=>{:b=>{:c=>1, :d=>2}, :e=>3}}