Group hashes by keys and sum the values

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ar = [{"Vegetable"=>10}, {"Vegetable"=>5}, {"Dry Goods"=>3}, {"Dry Goods"=>2}]
p ar.inject{|memo, el| memo.merge( el ){|k, old_v, new_v| old_v + new_v}}
#=> {"Vegetable"=>15, "Dry Goods"=>5}

Hash.merge with a block runs the block when it finds a duplicate; inject without a initial memo treats the first element of the array as memo, which is fine here.

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