Rails - Jul 2009 - Shoud be easy - using hash key as a variable

So I''ve taken a break from programming for a couple years and trying
to get back into it, feeling quite like trying to ride a bike through
the mud.

What I''m trying to do is use a variable as a hash key, like so:

def time_advance(date,advance_by,unit)
   return date.to_time.advance({ advance_by => unit.to_i})
end

function being called would look something like this - time_advance
("Tue Aug 04 22:41:00 UTC 2009","weeks","3"), so
the function being
called would look like this if I hard-wrote it in:

"Tue Aug 04 22:41:00 UTC 2009".to_time.advance({ :weeks =>
"3".to_i })


How do I do?

convan23 wrote:
[...]
> What I''m trying to do is use a variable as a hash key, like so:
> 
> def time_advance(date,advance_by,unit)
>    return date.to_time.advance({ advance_by => unit.to_i})
> end
I think this should work, although you might want advance_by.to_sym to 
make sure that the key is a symbol.  Also remember that you don''t need 
the curly braces around the hash if it''s the last (or only) argument.

Best,
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