Tutorial by Examples: dictionary

If we have this dictionary: set alpha {alice {items {}} bob {items {}} claudia {items {}} derek {items {}}} And want to add "fork" and "peanut" to Alice's items, this code won't work: dict lappend alpha alice items fork peanut dict get $alpha alice # => items {} items f...

Given this setup code: var dict = new Dictionary<int, string>() { { 1, "First" }, { 2, "Second" }, { 3, "Third" } }; Use the Remove method to remove a key and its associated value. bool wasRemoved = dict.Remove(2); Executing this code remo...

A dictionary object has the method copy. It performs a shallow copy of the dictionary. >>> d1 = {1:[]} >>> d2 = d1.copy() >>> d1 is d2 False >>> d1[1] is d2[1] True

Creating a dictionary: set mydict [dict create a 1 b 2 c 3 d 4] dict get $mydict b ; # returns 2 set key c set myval [dict get $mydict $key] puts $myval # remove a value dict unset mydict b # set a new value dict set mydict e 5 Dictionary keys can be nested. dict set mycars mustang colo...

You can iterate over the contents of a dictionary with dict for, which is similar to foreach: set theDict {abcd {ab cd} bcde {ef gh} cdef {ij kl}} dict for {theKey theValue} $theDict { puts "$theKey -> $theValue" } This produces this output: abcd -> ab cd bcde -> ef gh c...

Creating a list of KeyValuePair: Dictionary<int, int> dictionary = new Dictionary<int, int>(); List<KeyValuePair<int, int>> list = new List<KeyValuePair<int, int>>(); list.AddRange(dictionary); Creating a list of keys: Dictionary<int, int> dictionary ...

It is possible to create more complex loops with dictionaries. From vars: packages: - present: tree - present: nmap - absent: apache2 then the loop: - name: manage packages package: name={{ item.value }} state={{ item.key }} with_items: '{{ packages }}' Or, if you don't like ...

You can use a dictionary for a slightly more complex loop. - name: manage packages package: name={{ item.name }} state={{ item.state }} with_items: - { name: tree, state: present } - { name: nmap, state: present } - { name: apache2, state: absent }

' Just setting up the example Public Class A Public Property ID as integer Public Property Name as string Public Property OtherValue as Object End Class Public Sub Example() 'Setup the list of items Dim originalList As New List(Of A) originalList.Add(New A() With {...

Dictionaries are great for managing information where multiple entries occur, but you are only concerned with a single value for each set of entries — the first or last value, the mininmum or maximum value, an average, a sum etc. Consider a workbook that holds a log of user activity, with a script ...

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The ConstainsKey method is the way to know if a key already exists in the Dictionary. This come in handy for data reduction. In the sample below, each time we encountner a new word, we add it as a key in the dictionary, else we increment the counter for this specific word. Dim dic As IDictionary(...

The Dictionary allows getting a unique set of values very simply. Consider the following function: Function Unique(values As Variant) As Variant() 'Put all the values as keys into a dictionary Dim dict As New Scripting.Dictionary Dim val As Variant For Each val In values ...

Problem ConcurrentDictionary shines when it comes to instantly returning of existing keys from cache, mostly lock free, and contending on a granular level. But what if the object creation is really expensive, outweighing the cost of context switching, and some cache misses occur? If the same key ...

Dim oDic Set oDic = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary") oDic.Add "US", "United States of America" oDic.Add "UK", "United Kingdom"

If oDic.Exists("US") Then msgbox "The Key US Exist. The value is " + oDic("US") Else msgbox "Key Does not exist." End If

If oDic.Exists("UK") Then oDic.remove("UK") End If

set oDic = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary") oDic.add "USA", "United States of America" oDic.add "UK", "United Kingdom" oDic.add "CAN", "Canada" For Each obj in oDic.Items Msgbox obj Next Set oDic = Nothing *Out...

set oDic = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary") oDic.add "USA", "United States of America" oDic.add "UK", "United Kingdom" oDic.add "CAN", "Canada" For Each obj in oDic.keys Msgbox "Key: " & obj & &quo...

set oDic = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary") oDic.add "USA", "United States of America" oDic.add "UK", "United Kingdom" oDic.add "CAN", "Canada" ' Delete only if Key exists If oDic.Exists("UK") Then oDic.R...