Why does c each work like this in ruby?

Question

ruby

found_small = found_page.search('small').each_with_index do | id, i |

 	@uuid = [ i => id ]		
end

puts @uuid

Displays only the last value, and if I insert it into the puts @id loop, it displays - as it should, each line.
Tell me from what? And what is the correct way to make an associative array from a list of strings?
I tried .split("\n") - the same thing doesn't work.

Answer 1

hash = Hash.new
%w(cat dog wombat).each_with_index {|item, index|
  hash[item] = index
}
hash   #=> {"cat"=>0, "dog"=>1, "wombat"=>2}