Declined Associative arrays

[djspits]

Obviously.

 

[rconn]

I have no idea what you're asking for ...

 

[JohnQSmith]

I have no idea what you're asking for ...

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Associative arrays
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Associative array - Wikipedia

 

[vefatica]

Title text = "
Associative arrays
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That's rather abstract. An example of what's actually desired would be in order. Do you mean (simply) a one-dimensional array indexed by arbitrary strings, with addition, deletion, lookup, and modification capabilities? Really ... does anyone have something concrete in mind? How about ...

aarray streetnums
aarray /add streetnums "Vince" "1067"
echo Vince's street number is %streetnums["Vince"]

That's pretty simple-minded. On the surface, it doesn't allow iteration over the existing indices (which might be desirable).

I have seen the STL's "map" class mentioned in connection with such things.

 

[rconn]

Title text = "
Associative arrays
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Associative array - Wikipedia

I know what an associative array is. What I don't understand is what the OP wants to do with it.

Lacking context, it's like saying

MORE AI

instead of something useful, like "I want a command line interface to Skynet."

 

[JohnQSmith]

Oh come on! You know you've got that DWIM parser right there, waiting in the wings!

(gotcha, I saw the light after reading Vince's reply)

 

[Charles Dye]

Oh come on! You know you've got that DWIM parser right there, waiting in the wings!

We'll get it for free, as an automatic side effect of the neural-shunt brain interface.