Except Nested

except_nested allows exclusion of given hash keys at various depth of the hash.

It's an extended version of active_support #except hash utility.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'except_nested'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install except_nested

Given the following hash:

h = { name: 'Zohoor', degree: 'Psychology', preferences: { color: 'mauve', drink: 'coffee', pet: 'cat' } }

You can deep except keys:

h.except_nested(:degree, preferences: [:color, :pet])
=> { name: "Zohoor", preferences: { drink: "coffee" } }

h.except_nested(preferences: :pet)
=> { name: "Zohoor", degree: "Psychology", preferences: { color: "mauve", drink: "coffee" } }

h.except_nested(preferences: [:pet], :name)
=> { degree: "Psychology", preferences: { color: "mauve", drink: "coffee" } }

h.except_nested(:degree, preferences: [:color, :pet, :drink])
=> { name: "Zohoor" }

# original hash is preserved ..
h
=> { name: "Zohoor", degree: "Psychology", preferences: { color: "mauve", drink: "coffee", pet: "cat" } }

Or exclude keys in the first level just like normal #except does:

h.except_nested(:name)
=> { degree: "Psychology", preferences: { color: "mauve", drink: "coffee", pet: "cat" } }

h.except_nested(:name, :degree)
=> { preferences: { color: "mauve", drink: "coffee", pet: "cat" } }

h.except_nested(:name, :degree, :preferences)
=> {}

It works for any nested levels. Check test case for 3-level depth example.

RDoc version at RubyDoc.

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests.

You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install.

To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.