Hash homework day #8, pigeon organizer

Pigeon Organizer

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# NYC PIGEON ORGANIZER #
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pigeon_data = {
  :color => {
    :purple => ["Theo", "Peter Jr.", "Lucky"],
    :grey => ["Theo", "Peter Jr.", "Ms .K"],
    :white => ["Queenie", "Andrew", "Ms .K", "Alex"],
    :brown => ["Queenie", "Alex"]
  },
  :gender => {
    :male => ["Alex", "Theo", "Peter Jr.", "Andrew", "Lucky"],
    :female => ["Queenie", "Ms .K"]
  },
  :lives => {
    "Subway" => ["Theo", "Queenie"],
    "Central Park" => ["Alex", "Ms .K", "Lucky"],
    "Library" => ["Peter Jr."],
    "City Hall" => ["Andrew"]
  }
}



# collect_names(pigeon_data)
  names = []
  pigeon_data.each do | attribute, attrib_array | 
    attrib_array.each do | property, name| 
      names << name 
    end
  end
  names.flatten.uniq!


# create_list(names, pigeon_data)
pigeon_list = {}
names.each do |name|
  pigeon_list[name] = { :color => [], :gender => "", :lives => ""}
  pigeon_data.each do | attribute, attrib_array |
    attrib_array.each do | property, pigeons |
      pigeon_list[name][attribute] << property if pigeons.include?(name)
    end
  end
  pigeon_list  
end

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