Ruby hash key duplicate value addition

Add Values of Duplicate Keys in Hash in Ruby

Introducing how to add values when hash keys are duplicated in Ruby. By changing `result = result.merge…

Shou Arisaka
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Oct 1, 2025

Introducing how to add values when hash keys are duplicated in Ruby.

By changing this

result = result.merge(words)

to this,

result = result.merge(words){|key,v0,v1| v0 + v1}

it will sum (merge) the values of the same key in the two hashes.

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Shou Arisaka Oct 1, 2025

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