has_value?(p1) public

Returns true if the given value is present for some key in hsh.

h = { "a" => 100, "b" => 200 }
h.value?(100)   #=> true
h.value?(999)   #=> false
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May 26, 2009
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Potentially slow operation

Remember that checking for a value is a potentially slow operation (all the elements might be iterated) as oposed to querying a key (e.g. with has_key?), which is supposed to be fast in a Hash.