How to store strings using an hash?

[martin_mercy2001]

Dear friends,

I have created a string buffer.

I have read character by character from buffer using a method and stored
in a string object
like,

@test = String.new

The method iteration process continues till @flag=1. So for every
iteration of method a string object(@test) is returned from the method.

Now i want to move this returned string object @test into a hash. How
can i move string objects into hash.

I need to store all strings that are returned(@test) till flag=1 in a
hash. I dont want to use an array to store the values.

Please help me to do this process.

Thanks in advance

Regards,
Jose Martin