Hash of Hashes

gistfile1.rb

big_hash = {
  :random_key => [
    1, 2, "three", {
        :foo => "bar",
        :bar => "foo"
      }
    ],
  :another_key => 2,
  :yet_another => {
    :lorem => {
      :abc => {
          :bcs => "bcd",
          :sad => "foo",
          :some => [1, 3, 4, {
            :last => "thing",
            :is => "this"
            }]
        }
      },
    :ipsum => "foo",
    :muspi => [{:foo => "bar", :baz => "biz"}, {:me => ["you", "health"]}, {:nums => "123"}]
    },
  :yup_more => "foo"
}


# write a method that will take in a hash where the values of the hash can be 
# other hashes, arrays, strings, or integers, and find all the strings and integers,
# and put them into an array. 

@final_array = []
def recursive_method (hash)
  hash.each do |key, value|
    # 1) if value is string, @final_array.push(value)
    # 2) if value is integer, @final_array.push(value)
    # 3) if value is array, iterate thru it and find out
    # if the values are integer or string.
    # 4) if the value in an array is another array, then 
    # probably best to create another method for handling arrays
    # and recursively calling itself to push the string/integers 
    # into the final array
    # if the value is a hash, then call #recursive_method (value)
    # this will pass the value (a hash) into the method we defined,
    # which will repeat the process over again. 
  end
end