ruby - How do I iterate over an array of hashes and return the values in a single string? -

sorry if obvious, i'm not getting it. if have array of hashes like:

people = [{:name => "bob", :occupation=> "builder"}, {:name => "jim", :occupation => "coder"}] 

and want iterate on array , output strings like: "bob: builder". how it? understand how iterate, i'm still little lost. right now, have:

people.each |person|   person.each |k,v|     puts "#{v}"   end end 

my problem don't understand how return both values, each value separately. missing?

thank help.

here go:

puts people.collect { |p| "#{p[:name]}: #{p[:occupation]}" } 

or:

people.each |person|   puts "#{person[:name]}: #{person[:occupation]}" end 

in answer more general query accessing values in elements within array, need know people array of hashes. hashes have keys method , values method return keys , values respectively. in mind, more general solution might like:

people.each |person|   puts person.values.join(': ') end