December 30 - Converting a Hash to a URL Friendly String
This coding exercise walks through how to convert a Ruby hash to a URL friendly string, including how to organize the parameters.
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Summary
Create a hash converter method that converts a hash to a URL friendly string.
Exercise Description
Given any number of hash items, such as:
hash = { :topic => "baseball", :team => "astros" }
Convert the hash keys and values into a URL friendly parameter string.
Sample Output
'topic=baseball&team=astros'
Real World Usage
This is a process that you will use in a few scenarios. Most importantly, working through this exercise will teach you how you can manipulate keys and values inside of a hash and how to convert them into strings. Additionally, this process is important whenever you're working with URL parameter values.