building-hashes.md

Use irb, a script, or object oriented class to convert the following string into a Hash with the given rules.

Breakfast

"first_name=Ada&last_name=Lovelace&dob=1815&title=Countess"

1. Separate each element on the & characters.
2. Separate key and value on the = character

Partial Example: {first_name: "Ada", last_name: "Lovelace"}

Lunch

"name=Ada*Lovelace&father=Lord*Byron&mother=Anne*Isabella*Milbanke"

1. Rules from Bronze
2. Convert any * characters into a space character

Partial Example: {name: "Ada Lovelace"}

Dinner

Create a nested hash by separating the following into hashes

"person[first_name]=Ada&person[last_name]=Lovelace&century=19th&topic=analytical*engine"

1. Rules from Bronze and Silver
2. [*] indicates a hash as a value, the word preceding the [*] is the key to the value and the word in the [*] is a key within the nested hash.

Partial Example: {person: {first_name: "Ada", last_name: "Lovelace"}}

Dessert

"person[first_name]=Ada&person[last_name]=Lovelace&skills[]=programming&skills[]=math"

1. Rules from Bronze, Silver, and Gold
2. An empty [] indicates an Array as a value. the word preceding the [] is the key to the Array the word after the = will be added to the array.

Partial Example: {skills: ["programming", "math"]}