对于Ruby中YAML的特定情况，如果键以':'开头，它们将被自动作为符号存储。

require 'yaml'
require 'pp'
yaml_str = "
connections:
  - host: host1.example.com
    port: 10000
  - host: host2.example.com
    port: 20000
"
yaml_sym = "
:connections:
  - :host: host1.example.com
    :port: 10000
  - :host: host2.example.com
    :port: 20000
"
pp yaml_str = YAML.load(yaml_str)
puts yaml_str.keys.first.class
pp yaml_sym = YAML.load(yaml_sym)
puts yaml_sym.keys.first.class

输出:

#  /opt/ruby-1.8.6-p287/bin/ruby ~/test.rb
{"connections"=>
  [{"port"=>10000, "host"=>"host1.example.com"},
   {"port"=>20000, "host"=>"host2.example.com"}]}
String
{:connections=>
  [{:port=>10000, :host=>"host1.example.com"},
   {:port=>20000, :host=>"host2.example.com"}]}
Symbol

我喜欢这一行，当我不使用Rails时，因为这样我就不必在处理它时进行第二个哈希并持有两组数据:

my_hash = { "a" => 1, "b" => "string", "c" => true }

my_hash.keys.each { |key| my_hash[key.to_sym] = my_hash.delete(key) }

my_hash
=> {:a=>1, :b=>"string", :c=>true}

哈希#delete返回已删除键的值

在Rails中，你可以使用:

{'g'=> 'a', 2 => {'v' => 'b', 'x' => { 'z' => 'c'}}}.deep_symbolize_keys!

转换:

{:g=>"a", 2=>{:v=>"b", :x=>{:z=>"c"}}}

在Ruby >= 2.5 (docs)中，你可以使用:

my_hash.transform_keys(&:to_sym)

使用旧的Ruby版本?下面是一个单行程序，它将哈希复制到一个新的哈希中，并将键符号化:

my_hash = my_hash.inject({}){|memo,(k,v)| memo[k.to_sym] = v; memo}

使用Rails，您可以使用:

my_hash.symbolize_keys
my_hash.deep_symbolize_keys 

如果你在使用Rails，这里有一个更好的方法:

params.symbolize_keys

最后。

如果你不是，那就抄袭他们的代码(链接中也有):

myhash.keys.each do |key|
  myhash[(key.to_sym rescue key) || key] = myhash.delete(key)
end

类似于前面的解决方案，但写得有点不同。

This allows for a hash that is nested and/or has arrays. Get conversion of keys to a string as a bonus. Code does not mutate the hash been passed in. module HashUtils def symbolize_keys(hash) transformer_function = ->(key) { key.to_sym } transform_keys(hash, transformer_function) end def stringify_keys(hash) transformer_function = ->(key) { key.to_s } transform_keys(hash, transformer_function) end def transform_keys(obj, transformer_function) case obj when Array obj.map{|value| transform_keys(value, transformer_function)} when Hash obj.each_with_object({}) do |(key, value), hash| hash[transformer_function.call(key)] = transform_keys(value, transformer_function) end else obj end end end