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Named arguments as local variables in Ruby

I discover myself continuously writing what I see as unnecessary code in ruby while using named arguments for techniques.

Take for example the following code:

def my_method(args)

  orange = args[:orange]

  lemon = args[:lemon]

  grapefruit = args[:grapefruit]

  # code that uses 

  # orange, lemon & grapefruit in this format which is way prettier & concise than 

  # args[:orange] args[:lemon] args[:grapefruit]

  puts "my_method variables: #{orange}, #{lemon}, #{grapefruit}" 

end

my_method :orange => "Orange", :grapefruit => "Grapefruit"