Hash map in ruby?

Question

I'm trying to get this object, passed via AJAX:

  Parameters: {"status"=>{"1"=>["14", "1"], "2"=>["7", "8", "12", "13"]}}

into something like:

14 -> 1
1 -> 1
7 -> 2

over which I can iterate.

What's the most elegant way of achieving this?

Answer 1

flat_inverse = {}
parameters["status"].each { |key, values| values.each { |v| flat_inverse[v] = key } }

flat_inverse
# {"14"=>"1", "1"=>"1", "7"=>"2", "8"=>"2", "12"=>"2", "13"=>"2"}

#or more functional
Hash[*parameters["status"].map { |k, vs| vs.zip([k] * v.length) }.flatten]