Question

What is the most efficient way to check if two hashes h1 and h2 have the same set of keys disregarding the order? Could it be made faster or more concise with close efficiency than the answer that I post?

Answer 1

Try:

# Check that both hash have the same number of entries first before anything
if h1.size == h2.size
    # breaks from iteration and returns 'false' as soon as there is a mismatched key
    # otherwise returns true
    h1.keys.all?{ |key| !!h2[key] }
end

Enumerable#all?

worse case scenario, you’d only be iterating through the keys once.