method
default
default(*args)
public
Returns the default value, the value that would be returned by hsh[key] if key did not exist in hsh. See also Hash::new and Hash#default=.
h = Hash.new #=> {} h.default #=> nil h.default(2) #=> nil h = Hash.new("cat") #=> {} h.default #=> "cat" h.default(2) #=> "cat" h = Hash.new {|h,k| h[k] = k.to_i*10} #=> {} h.default #=> nil h.default(2) #=> 20