Default value in hash

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How do I add a default value in this hash / helper?

  def doctype     {"application/msword" => "doc", "text/rtf" => "rtf", "text/plain" => "text", "application/pdf" => "pdf", "text/html" => "html", "application/vnd.ms-excel" => "excel", "text/xml" => "xml", "application/mspowerpoint" => "ppt", "image/jpeg" => "jpg", , "image/gif" => "gif", "image/png" => "png" }   end

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def doctype   h = Hash.new {"some_default_value"}   h.merge({"application/msword" => "doc", "text/rtf" => "rtf",     "text/plain" => "text", "application/pdf" => "pdf",     "text/html" => "html", "application/vnd.ms-excel" =>     "excel", "text/xml" => "xml", "application/mspowerpoint" =>     "ppt", "image/jpeg" => "jpg", "image/gif" => "gif",     "image/png" => "png" }) end

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Bosco So wrote:

def doctype   h = Hash.new {"some_default_value"}   h.merge({"application/msword" => "doc", "text/rtf" => "rtf",     "text/plain" => "text", "application/pdf" => "pdf",     "text/html" => "html", "application/vnd.ms-excel" =>     "excel", "text/xml" => "xml", "application/mspowerpoint" =>     "ppt", "image/jpeg" => "jpg", "image/gif" => "gif",     "image/png" => "png" }) end

On Aug 18, 6:42 am, P�l Bergstr�m <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-s.net>

Thanks :slight_smile: