Blog: YAML/hash sort 2

ruby_yaml_hash_keysort2.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'yaml'

a = { 
  "a" => "b",
  "e" => "b",
  "c" => "b",
  "p" => "b",
  "z" => "b",
  "x" => "b",
  "d" => "b",
}

def sort_yaml2(obj)
  arr = obj.sort
  out = "---\n"
  arr.each do |element|
    entry = {element[0] => element[1]}
    out += entry.to_yaml.to_a[1..-1].join + "\n"
  end 
  out 
end

puts sort_yaml2(a)