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Instead of integers, you could use strings for the keys


month_a = "jan" => "January""feb" => "February""mar" => "March""apr"


 
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3.Hash has a class method [], which is called in either one of two ways: with a comma separating the pairs
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6.you can store numbers in hashes
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10.creates a new default object each time
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