Question

I was trying to create a hash and later on convert it into json object

 a = { "event": "game",
        "properties": 
            {
                "ip": "123.123.123.123",
                  "token": "dejdedjjjne",
                  "time": 1245613885,
                  "action": "play"
                }
        }

Getting an error:-

  : odd number list for Hash
  and syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting '}'

Answer 1

Ruby’s syntax is to use => instead of :. In Ruby 1.9, you also have the option of retaining the colons if you omit the quotes around the keys (this also makes the key a symbol).