Rails - Mar 2006 - question about options_for_select array

Hi!

If i have something like this used to create select tag:

options = [["Dollar", "$"], ["Kroner",
"DKK"]]

and later read value from the database and get "DKK", what is the 
easiest way to get "Kroner" value?

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szymek wrote:
> If i have something like this used to create select tag:
> 
> options = [["Dollar", "$"], ["Kroner",
"DKK"]]
> 
> and later read value from the database and get "DKK", what is the
> easiest way to get "Kroner" value?
If you don''t want to go all the way and create a currencies
table in the database, add a currency.rb file in the models
directory, containing:

class Currency
   OPTIONS = [["Dollar", "$"], ["Kroner",
"DKK"]]

   def self.symbol_to_name( symbol )
      OPTIONS.rassoc(symbol).first
   end
end

Use like:

options_for_select( Currency::OPTIONS )
and
Currency.symbol_to_name( @amount.currency_symbol )




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