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copied!<p>Okay so this is a bit complex but I need to loop through this hash to find if each element meets one of following conditions:</p> <p><strong>The Value is a String</strong></p> <p>or</p> <p><strong>The Value is a Hash, containing Strings, Not Hashes</strong></p> <p>or</p> <p><strong>The Value is a Hash, containing Strings and/or Hashes</strong></p> <p>or</p> <p><strong>The Value is an Array</strong> </p> <p><strong>UPDATE:</strong></p> <p>Something very strange... [EDIT: this is because #collect is returning the hash's key-value pairs, which are arrays]</p> <pre><code>irb> my_hash['gd:name'].collect(&:class) => [Array, Array] </code></pre> <p>Looking at the hash below should the class of that inner element be a Hash, not an Array?</p> <p>Inspected it looks like:</p> <pre><code>irb> my_hash['gd:name'].collect(&:inspect) => ["[\"gd:givenName\", {\"$t\"=>\"Thomas\"}]", "[\"gd:familyName\", {\"$t\"=>\"Chapin\"}]"] </code></pre> <p><em>BUT IT BEHAVES LIKE A HASH:</em></p> <pre><code>irb> my_hash['gd:name']['gd:givenName'] => {"$t"=>"Thomas"} irb> my_hash['gd:name']['gd:givenName']['$t'] => "Thomas" </code></pre> <hr> <pre><code>{ "gd:etag"=>"\"Rnk7fjVSLyt7I2A9WhVQEU4KRQI.\"", "id"=>{ "$t"=>"da513d38e88d949" }, "gd:name"=>{ "gd:givenName"=>{"$t"=>"Thomas"}, "gd:familyName"=>{"$t"=>"Chapin"} }, "gd:phoneNumber"=>[ { "rel"=>"mobile", "$t"=>"(480) 703-4887" } ], "gd:email"=>[ { "rel"=>"home", "primary"=>"true", "address"=>"tchapin@gmail.com" }, { "rel"=>"work", "address"=>"tom@tornadodesign.com"} ] } </code></pre>

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