Best way to convert strings to symbols in hash

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In Ruby >= 2.5 (docs) you can use:

my_hash.transform_keys(&:to_sym)

Using older Ruby version? Here is a one-liner that will copy the hash into a new one with the keys symbolized:

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

With Rails you can use:

my_hash.symbolize_keys
my_hash.deep_symbolize_keys

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