Associative array/Creation: Difference between revisions

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The goal is to create an [[associative array]] (also known as a dictionary, map, or hash).

=={{header|11l}}==

V value2 = dict[‘key2’]</syntaxhighlight>

=={{header|8th}}==

8th has 'maps' as built-in data types, and can use JSON to describe them:

{ "one" : 1, "two" : "bad" }

</syntaxhighlight>

Alternatively, they can be created in code:

m:new "one" 1 m:! "two" "bad" m:!

</syntaxhighlight>

=={{header|AArch64 Assembly}}==

{{works with|as|Raspberry Pi 3B version Buster 64 bits <br> or android 64 bits with application Termux }}

/* ARM assembly AARCH64 Raspberry PI 3B or android 64 bits */

/* program hashmap64.s */

=={{header|ActionScript}}==

Because ActionScript does not have associative arrays in the normal sense, Object objects are used instead and keys are simply properties on those objects.

trace(map['key1']); // outputs "value1"

=={{header|Ada}}==

{{works with|GNAT|GPL 2007}}

with Ada.Strings.Unbounded; use Ada.Strings.Unbounded;

with Ada.Text_IO;

=={{header|Aikido}}==

Aikido provides a native <em>map</em> for associative arrays. You can create them using a map literal and you can insert and remove items on the fly.

var names = {} // empty map

names["foo"] = "bar"

=={{header|Aime}}==

Aime records are heterogenous associative arrays. No creation procedure is required, declaration is fine.

r_put(r, "C", 2.5); # a real value

r_put(r, "B", "associative"); # a string value</syntaxhighlight>

{{works with|ALGOL 68G|Any - tested with release [http://sourceforge.net/projects/algol68/files/algol68g/algol68g-1.18.0/algol68g-1.18.0-9h.tiny.el5.centos.fc11.i386.rpm/download 1.18.0-9h.tiny]}}

{{wont work with|ELLA ALGOL 68|Any (with appropriate job cards) - tested with release [http://sourceforge.net/projects/algol68/files/algol68toc/algol68toc-1.8.8d/algol68toc-1.8-8d.fc9.i386.rpm/download 1.8-8d] - due to extensive use of FORMATted transput}}

MODE COLOR = BITS;

Creating a new empty map of String to String:

Map<String, String> strMap = new Map<String, String>();

strMap.put('a', 'aval');

Creating a new map of String to String with values initialized:

'a' => 'aval',

'b' => 'bval'

=={{header|APL}}==

{{works with|Dyalog APL}}

X←⎕NS ⍬

{{works with|GNU APL}}

⍝ Assign some names

X.this←'that'

=={{header|ARM Assembly}}==

{{works with|as|Raspberry Pi <br> or android 32 bits with application Termux}}

/* ARM assembly Raspberry PI or android 32 bits */

/* program hashmap.s */

=={{header|Arturo}}==

d: #[

name: "john"

=== Persistent association lists ===

The following implementation includes set, get, and delete, and also "generators", which are like iterators except they are closures rather than regular objects.

#define ATS_DYNLOADFLAG 0

Because the hash table is an AVL tree, performance will tend to be logarithmic. This assumes a good hash function, of course. With a bad hash function, performance may be linear.

#define ATS_DYNLOADFLAG 0

=== True arrays ===

[[AutoHotkey_L]] has [http://ahkscript.org/docs/Objects.htm Objects] which function as associative arrays.

MsgBox % associative_array.key1

. "`n" associative_array["Key with spaces and non-alphanumeric characters !*+"]</syntaxhighlight>

[[AutoHotkey_Basic]] does not have typical arrays.

However, variable names can be concatenated, simulating associative arrays.

arrayX2 = second

arrayX3 = foo

=={{header|AutoIt}}==

See '''[https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x4k5wbx4.aspx here]''' in the MSDN the reference for the Dictionary object that can be used in VBA. The following example shows how to create a dictionary, add/remove keys, change a key or a value, and check the existence of a key.

; All the required functions are below the examples.

=={{header|AWK}}==

Arrays in AWK are indeed associative arrays.

a["red"] = 0xff0000

a["green"] = 0x00ff00

=={{header|Babel}}==

(("foo" 13)

("bar" 42)

=={{header|BaCon}}==

associative("abc") = "first three"

=={{header|BASIC256}}==

dim values$[1]

dim keys$[1]

This is cheating, I'm sure of it.

@echo off

setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION

=={{header|BBC BASIC}}==

PROCputdict(mydict$, "FF0000", "red")

PROCputdict(mydict$, "00FF00", "green")

=={{header|Bracmat}}==

The hash is the only built-in Bracmat class. It is best used for e.g. a large dictionary, when manipulation of a very long list of key/value pairs with pattern matching would become too CPU-intensive. The same key can be stored with different values, as the example shows. If that is not desirable, the key (and its value) should be removed first.

& (myhash..insert)$(title."Some title")

& (myhash..insert)$(formula.a+b+x^7)

=={{header|Brat}}==

h[:a] = 1 #Assign value

=={{header|C sharp|C#}}==

'''Platform:''' [[.NET]] 1.x

map["key1"] = "foo";</syntaxhighlight>

'''Platform:''' [[.NET]] 2.0

map[ "key1" ] = "foo";</syntaxhighlight>

{{works with|C sharp|C#|3.0+}}

=={{header|C++}}==

The C++ standard defines std::map as a means of creating an association between a key of one arbitrary type and a value of another arbitrary type. This requires the inclusion of the standard header '''map'''.

===Creation===

To create a simple map whose key is of type A and whose value is of type B, one would define the variable like so:

If one wanted to us a key type of '''int''' and a value of '''double''', you would define it like so:

===Insertion===

====Operator[]====

The first method is using the [] operator.

Of course, you can use a variable (or any [[rvalue]] of the correct type) for the key or value parameters:

double myValue = 3.14;

exampleMap[myKey] = myValue;</syntaxhighlight>

====insert()====

The second approach is a little more complicated. We have to use the '''pair<>''' template:

or by using '''make_pair''' to avoid repeating key/value types:

===Lookup===

====operator[]====

We use it as an rvalue, supplying the correct key:

If the value doesn't already exist, a default-constructed object of the value's type will be inserted using the key you specified, and that default value will be returned.

====find()====

Alternatively, you can look up a value by using find(), storing its return value in an [[iterator]], and comparing the iterator against the map's end() [[sentinal value]]:

std::map<int, double>::iterator myIterator = exampleMap.find(myKey);

if(exampleMap.end() != myIterator)

===Example===

This simple program creates a map, assigns a value to that map, retrieves a value from that map, and prints the value to STDOUT.

#include <iostreams>

=={{header|Ceylon}}==

ArrayList,

The creation of the domain is independent from the creation of the array, and in fact the same domain can be used for multiple arrays, creating associative arrays with identical sets of keys. When the domain is changed, all arrays that use it will be reallocated.

var keys: domain(string);

var arr: [keys] int;

=={{header|Clojure}}==

:key2 "value2"

:key3 "value3"}</syntaxhighlight>

=={{header|ColdFusion}}==

<cfset myHash.key1 = "foo">

<cfset myHash["key2"] = "bar">

=={{header|Common Lisp}}==

;; or for implementation identity for other types!

;; Use #'equalp if you want case-insensitive keying on strings.

BlackBox Componente Builder<br/>

Using a handmade collections module with the following interface<br/>

DEFINITION Collections;

</syntaxhighlight>

The program:

MODULE BbtAssociativeArrays;

IMPORT StdLog, Collections, Boxes;

=={{header|Crystal}}==

# hash literals that don't perfectly match the intended hash type must be given an explicit type specification

=={{header|D}}==

auto hash = ["foo":42, "bar":100];

assert("foo" in hash);

=={{header|Dao}}==

h = { -> } # empty hash map, future inserted keys will not be ordered

=={{header|Dart}}==

main() {

var rosettaCode = { // Type is inferred to be Map<String, String>

=={{header|Delphi}}==

{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

To create a dictionary associative array:

add_dict(tanzanianBanknoteObverseDipiction)_keys(500,1000,2000,5000,10000)_values(Karume,Nyerere,lion,black rhinoceros,elephant);

To create a hash associative array:

add_hash(tanzanianBanknoteReverseDipiction)_values(

Dyalect has a <code>Tuple</code> data type which allows to add labels to values:

print(t.Keys().ToArray())</syntaxhighlight>

=={{header|E}}==

["one" => 1, "two" => 2] # immutable, 2 mappings

[].asMap().diverge() # mutable, empty

=={{header|EchoLisp}}==

(lib 'hash) ;; needs hash.lib

(define H (make-hash)) ;; new hash table

=={{header|Elena}}==

ELENA 5.0:

public program()

=== Strong typed dictionary ===

public program()

=={{header|Elixir}}==

{{trans|Erlang}}

def test_create do

IO.puts "< create Map.new >"

=={{header|Emacs Lisp}}==

(puthash 'key 'value my-table)</syntaxhighlight>

<code>make-hash-table</code> compares keys with <code>eql</code> by default. This suits symbols and numbers (including floating point). For string keys an <code>equal</code> test can be used,

(puthash "key" 123 my-table)</syntaxhighlight>

=={{header|Erlang}}==

Erlang offers several associative array type data structures, this example uses the dictionary data structure.

-module(assoc).

-compile([export_all]).

=={{header|F Sharp|F#}}==

.NET 3.5 Generic Dictionary (mutable)

let dic = System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<string,string>() ;;

dic.Add("key","val") ;

</syntaxhighlight>

Functional dictionary (immutable)

let d = [("key","val");("other key","other val")] |> Map.ofList

let newd = d.Add("new key","new val")

Associative mappings follow the associative protocol. See [http://docs.factorcode.org/content/article-assocs-protocol.html the docs].

Here's an example using a hashtable that can be run in the listener :

{ [ "one" swap at . ]

[ 2 swap value-at . ]

Associative arrays are called 'maps' in Fantom:

class Main

{

The Forth dictionary is normally only used for function and symbol definitions, but you can also define separate ''wordlists'' for holding functions or data. There is no special syntax in the language for this, but you can define your own. All of Forth's defining words are available for adding things to the wordlist, but CREATE is most generic.

search-wordlist if

>body @

Hashtable for mapping strings to integer

\ Create a hash table 'table' in the dictionary with a starting size of 10

Similar functionality is available in 4tH. A binary search is applied to search values, hence hashtables can be quite compact.

include lib/hashkey.4th

=={{header|FreeBASIC}}==

Uses unions to store the keys and associated values, and FreeBASIC's ability to resize arrays makes adding new entries easy.

enum datatype

=={{header|Free Pascal}}==

FPC 3.2.0.+. Similar to Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}{$MODE DELPHI}{$ENDIF}

{$IFDEF WINDOWS}{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}{$ENDIF}

end.</syntaxhighlight>

FPC 2.4+. Using FGL instead of rtl-generics:

{$IFDEF WINDOWS}{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}{$ENDIF}

{$MODE DELPHI}

=={{header|Futhark}}==

=={{header|Gambas}}==

=={{header|Go}}==

Allowable key types are those with == and != operators. This includes is boolean, numeric, string, pointer, channel, and interface types. It also includes structs and arrays containing only these types. Disallowed as map keys are all slice, function, and map types.

var x map[string]int

=={{header|Gosu}}==

As an OOP language with generics Gosu can use any variety of Map classes. In addition Gosu provides associative array syntax for all objects.

var emptyMap = new HashMap<String, Integer>()

=={{header|Groovy}}==

Create an empty map and add values

map[7] = 7

map['foo'] = 'foovalue'

Create a pre-populated map and verify values

assert 7 == map[7]

=={{header|Harbour}}==

Create an empty array and add values:

arr[ 10 ] := "Val_10"

arr[ "foo" ] := "foovalue"</syntaxhighlight>

Create and initialize array:

// or

arr := { 10 => "Val_10", "foo" => "foovalue" }</syntaxhighlight>

Binary trees:

{{works with|GHC}}

dict = fromList [("key1","val1"), ("key2","val2")]

It is also possible to use association lists (lists of pairs). It is inefficient (O(n) lookup), but simple.

ans = lookup "key2" dict -- evaluates to Just "val2"

=={{header|hexiscript}}==

let d["test"] "test" # Strings can be used as index

let d[123] 123 # Integers can also be used as index

Icon and Unicon associative arrays are called tables. Any value may be used as a key including complex structures. Tables can have default values and they have no inherent size limitation growing from empty to whatever size is needed.

local t

t := table()

===Static relation===

Connection relates various texts to one number. The verb to be connected to implies the connection relation.

===Dynamic relation===

When play begins:

=={{header|Ioke}}==

=={{header|J}}==

However, it's also possible to use the symbol table itself to hold the names. The symbol table has limitations (can only accept syntactically valid names), but we can turn arbitrary strings into valid symbols using base 62 encode and prefixing with a letter (hypothetically speaking, base 64 encode would let us build longer names than base 62, because of computational complexity issues - but the J symbol table also comes with a name length limit - 255 characters - and does not support 64 different characters in names):

encode=: 'z', (a.{~;48 65 97(+ i.)&.>10 26 26) {~ 62x #.inv 256x #. a.&i.

get=: ".@encode

Example use:

'foo' set__example 1 2 3

1 2 3

Defining the Map:

map.put("foo", 5);

map.put("bar", 10);

Initializing a Map as a class member:

put("foo", 5);

put("bar", 10);

}};</syntaxhighlight>

Retrieving a value:

map.get("invalid"); // => null</syntaxhighlight>

Note that it is possible to put <code>null</code> as a value, so <code>null</code> being returned by <code>get</code> is not sufficient for determining that the key is not in the <code>Map</code>. There is a <code>containsKey</code> method for that.

Iterate over keys:

System.out.println(key);</syntaxhighlight>

Iterate over values:

System.out.println(value);</syntaxhighlight>

Iterate over key, value pairs:

System.out.println(entry.getKey() + " => " + entry.getValue());</syntaxhighlight>

Javascript object property names (keys) are strings. Other types and expressions can be used with square bracket notation, they are evaluated and converted to strings and the result used as the property name. Using quotes on property names avoids potential collisions with reserved JavaScript key words.

assoc['foo'] = 'bar';

ECMAScript 6 (ES6) offers both a map and a weak map implementation. While Objects must use strings, Maps may use objects, functions, and numbers as keys in addition to strings.

fn = function () {},

obj = {};

===Associative Arrays with String-Valued Keys===

In jq, JSON objects can be used as associative arrays, it being understood that only strings can be used as keys. To avoid confusion, for the remainder of this section, we refer to JSON objects as such. Their type in jq is "object".

{}

In this subsection, we define addKey(key;value), getKey(key), and removeKey(key)

to operate on a hash table for which the keys may be any JSON entities. This is done by defining a collisionless hash function.

if type == "object" then with_entries(.value = (.value|collisionless))|tostring

elif type == "array" then map(collisionless)|tostring

def removeKey(key): delpaths( [ [key|collisionless] ] );</syntaxhighlight>

'''Example''':

produces:

=={{header|Jsish}}==

From Javascript. jsish warns of duplicate ''var'', in this case the ''assoc'' variable is reused.

assoc['foo'] = 'bar';

{{works with|Julia|0.6}}

We build dictionaries associating to some characters their code points, by listing the key/value pairs, through a dictionary comprehension, by creating an empty dictionary and filling it, by using the specific syntax associated to typed dictionaries.

# Dict{Char,Int64} with 2 entries:

# 'b' => 98

=={{header|K}}==

Keys in a dictionary must be symbols (`symbol).

d1:.((`foo;1); (`bar;2); (`baz;3))

Another approach.

d2[`"zero"]:0

d2[`"one"]:1

Extracting the keys and values.

`zero `one `two

=={{header|Kotlin}}==

{{trans|Java}}

// map definition:

val map = mapOf("foo" to 5,

=={{header|Lambdatalk}}==

Associative arrays are not currently built in the JS.js kernel of lambdatalk but are added via the lib_hash library page.

1) a (currently) reduced set of functions:

=={{header|Lang5}}==

: first 0 extract nip ; : second 1 extract nip ;

Hash keys in langur may be numbers or strings. Number keys are simplified, so that 1.0 is the same key as 1.

# may assign with existing or non-existing hash key (if hash is mutable)

=={{header|Lasso}}==

// Define an empty map

=={{header|LFE}}==

(let* ((my-dict (: dict new))

(my-dict (: dict store 'key-1 '"value 1" my-dict))

=={{header|Liberty BASIC}}==

Needs the sublist library from http://basic.wikispaces.com/SubList+Library since LB does not have built-in associative arrays.

data "red", "255 50 50", "green", "50 255 50", "blue", "50 50 255"

data "my fave", "220 120 120", "black", "0 0 0"

=={{header|Lingo}}==

put props[#key2]

=={{header|LiveCode}}==

Livecode arrays are only associative, but can be accessed by ordinal if they are used as the key.

local tArray

put "value 1" into tArray["key 1"]

end assocArray</syntaxhighlight>

Output

length of item 3: 5

keys: key numbers

=={{header|Logo}}==

[[UCB Logo]] has "property lists" which associate names with values. They have their own namespace.

pprop "animals "dog 4

pprop "animals "mouse 11

=={{header|LOLCODE}}==

BUKKITs are associative arrays

I HAS A Hash ITZ A BUKKIT

Hash HAS A key1 ITZ "val1" BTW This works for identifier-like keys, like obj.key in JavaScript

=={{header|Lua}}==

Lua tables are Hashes

hash[ "key-1" ] = "val1"

hash[ "key-2" ] = 1

=={{header|M2000 Interpreter}}==

Μ2000 has Inventory object to use it as a Map. All keys converted to strings. If a key has no value then key is the value until we place one. A special type of Inventory is the Inventory Queue, where we can use same keys, and we can't delete except from the last append.

Inventory A="100":=1, "200":=5, 10:=500, 20:="Hello There"

Print len(A)

=={{header|Maple}}==

Maple tables are hashed arrays. A table can be constructed by using the table constructor.

T := table(["foo" = 1, sin(x) = cos(x), (2, 3) = 4])

1</syntaxhighlight>

New entries are added by assignment.

T["bar"] := 2

2</syntaxhighlight>

Entries can be removed as follows.

T["foo"] := T["foo"]

=={{header|Mathematica}} / {{header|Wolfram Language}}==

=={{header|MATLAB}} / {{header|Octave}}==

Associative arrays are called structs. The following methods of creating hash are equivalent.

hash.b = 2;

hash.C = [3,4,5]; </syntaxhighlight>

alternatively

hash = setfield(hash,'a',1);

hash = setfield(hash,'b',2);

hash = setfield(hash,'C',[3,4,5]); </syntaxhighlight>

or

hash.('b') = 2;

hash.('C') = [3,4,5]; </syntaxhighlight>

===MATLAB only: containers.Map===

Use of containers.Map removes some restrictions on key types that structs have. Keys can all be numeric or all be strings. Values can be of any type. Key and value types cannot be changed after creation of the containers.Map object.

is equivalent to

m('a') = 1;

m('b') = 2;

m('C') = 3;</syntaxhighlight>

since the KeyType defaults to 'char'. For numeric keys, the key and value types must be specified at creation.

is equivalent to

m(51) = 'fiftyone';

m(72) = 'seventytwo';

=={{header|Maxima}}==

h[1]: 6;

=={{header|min}}==

{{works with|min|0.19.6}}

=={{header|MiniScript}}==

A map literal in MiniScript is enclosed in curly braces, with key:value pairs separated by commas. Keys and values may be any type. Retrieval or assignment is by putting the key in square brackets. As syntactic sugar, when a string key follows the rules of a MiniScript identifier (starts with a letter and contains only letters, numbers, and underscores), you may also access it with dot syntax.

print map[3]

=={{header|Nemerle}}==

This demonstrates two of several constructors, initializing the hashtable with a list of tuples or just specifying an initial capacity.

using System.Console;

using Nemerle.Collections;

=={{header|NetRexx}}==

options replace format comments java crossref symbols

=={{header|Nim}}==

var

=={{header|Oberon-2}}==

{{works with| oo2c Version 2}}

MODULE AssociativeArray;

IMPORT

=== Associative map===

# create map

map := StringMap->New();

===Hash table===

# create map

map := StringHash->New();

You can use a NSDictionary to create an immutable hash. A dictionary can contain only objects; if you want store non objects like integer, you have to box it in NSNumber.

@"Joe Doe", @"name",

[NSNumber numberWithUnsignedInt:42], @"age",

The same as the above with the new literal syntax in clang 3.1+ / Apple LLVM Compiler 4.0+ (XCode 4.4+) :

@"name": @"Joe Doe",

@"age": @42,

To create a mutable dictionary, use NSMutableDictionary:

[dict setObject:@"Joe Doe" forKey:@"name"];

[dict setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:42] forKey:@"age"];</syntaxhighlight>

You can access value with objectForKey:. If a key does not exists, nil is returned.

unsigned age = [dict objectForKey:@"age"] unsignedIntValue];

id missing = [dict objectForKey:@"missing"];</syntaxhighlight>

===Hash table===

A simple idiom to create a hash table mapping strings to integers:

List.iter (fun (key, value) -> Hashtbl.add hash key value)

["foo", 5; "bar", 10; "baz", 15];;</syntaxhighlight>

To retrieve a value:

To retrieve a value, returning a default if the key is not found:

===Binary tree===

A simple idiom to create a persistent binary tree mapping strings to integers:

type t = string

let compare = Pervasives.compare

;;</syntaxhighlight>

To retrieve a value:

To retrieve a value, returning a default if the key is not found:

===Association list===

Some list functions allow you to use a list as an associative map, although the access time is O(N) so a Hashtbl or binary tree should be used for larger data-sets.

(* retrieve value *)

You can use only values as keys (atomic numbers, constants) and, as exception, symbols (symbols are references, but unique). No strings, lists, vectors and other objects can be used directly. In such cases use hashes or similar mechanisms.

;;; empty associative array

#empty

Defining the map:

map["foo"] = 5

map["bar"] = 10

Retrieving a value:

item = map["invalid"] -- => .nil</syntaxhighlight>

Note that it is possible to put <code>.nil</code> as a value, so <code>.nil</code> being returned as a value is not sufficient for determining that the key is not in the collection. There is a <code>hasIndex</code> method for that.

Iterate over keys:

say key

end

</syntaxhighlight>

Iterate over values:

say value

end

</syntaxhighlight>

Iterate over key, value pairs:

s = map~supplier

loop while s~available

=={{header|OxygenBasic}}==

Not very efficient but the 'find' method could be optimised very easily.

def n 200

=={{header|Oz}}==

A mutable map is called a 'dictionary' in Oz:

Dict = {Dictionary.new}

in

'Records' can be consideres immutable maps:

Rec = name(foo:5 bar:10 baz:20)

in

GP's associative arrays are called maps, and can be created like so:

They can be used as follows:

mapput(M, 17, "different value");

mapput(M, "key2", Pi);

===Hash===

Definition:

my %hash = (

key1 => 'val1',

Use:

$hash{key1} = 'val1';

===HashRef===

Definition:

key1 => 'val1',

'key-2' => 2,

Use:

$hashref->{key1} = 'val1';

integer tid=new_dict(), and pass that as an additional (final) parameter to the other routines (taking care not to miss

any). When you have no further use for it, an entire dictionary can be removed by invoking destroy_dict(tid).

<span style="color: #008080;">with</span> <span style="color: #008080;">javascript_semantics</span>

<span style="color: #7060A8;">setd</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">(</span><span style="color: #008000;">"one"</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">,</span><span style="color: #000000;">1</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">)</span>

=={{header|Phixmonti}}==

def getd /# dict key -- dict data #/

=={{header|PHP}}==

$array = []; // Simpler form of array initialization

$array['foo'] = 'bar';

===Iterate over key/value===

{

echo "Key: $key Value: $value";

=={{header|Picat}}==

Associative arrays are called "map" in Picat.

% Create an empty map

[http://software-lab.de/doc/refA.html#assoc association lists].

(put 'A 'bar 10)

(put 'A 'baz 15)

''indices()'' and ''values()'' can be used to enumerate the contents

of an existing mapping.

mapping m = ([ "apple": "fruit", 17: "seventeen" ]);

write("indices: %O\nvalues: %O\n17: %O\n",

Since any data type can be used nested structures of arbitrary size can

be constructed.

mapping m2 = ([ "car": ([ "ford":17, "volvo":42 ]) ]);

write("#ford: %O, #volvo: %O\n",

=={{header|PL/I}}==

assocarr: Proc Options(main);

Dcl 1 aa,

The following example code is a "record definition", which has nothing to do with associative arrays:-

type ThisIsNotAnAssocArrayType is record (

myShape VARCHAR2(20),

=={{header|Pop11}}==

;;; value 0 (default value is returned when the item is absent).

vars ht = newmapping([], 50, 0, true);

=={{header|PostScript}}==

<</a 100 /b 200 /c 300>>

dup /a get =

=={{header|Potion}}==

redblue = "purple"

=={{header|PowerShell}}==

An empty hash table can be created with:

A hash table can be initialized with key/value pairs:

"key1" = "value 1"

key2 = 5 # if the key name has no spaces, no quotes are needed.

}</syntaxhighlight>

Individual values can be assigned or replaced by either using a property-style access method or indexing into the table with the given key:

$hashtable['bar'] = 42

$hashtable."a b" = 3.14 # keys can contain spaces, property-style access needs quotation marks, then

$hashtable[5] = 8 # keys don't need to be strings</syntaxhighlight>

NB. PowerShell compares strings as case-insensitive, that means the hashtable keys 'a' and 'A' are considered the same key. This happens when @{} is turned into a hashtable, but can be overridden by an explicit long-form:

$h=@{}

$h['a'] = 1

a 1 </syntaxhighlight>

Similarly, values can be retrieved using either syntax:

$hashtable['key2'] # 5</syntaxhighlight>

It is common to see a hashtable literal used to create an object, by casting it to a new type:

"key1" = "value 1"

key2 = 5

=={{header|Prolog}}==

We use the facts table for this purpose.

mymap(key1,value1).

mymap(key2,value2).

Hashes are a built-in type called Map in Purebasic.

dict("country") = "Germany"

Debug dict("country")</syntaxhighlight>

Hashes are a built-in type called dictionaries (or mappings) in Python.

hash = dict(red="FF0000", green="00FF00", blue="0000FF")

hash = { 'key1':1, 'key2':2, }

Numerous methods exist for the mapping type https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#mapping-types-dict

d = {}

d['spam'] = 1

Note: Python dictionary keys can be of any arbitrary "hashable" type. The following contains several distinct key value pairs:

(Some other languages such as ''awk'' and ''Perl'' evaluate all keys such that numerically or lexically equivalent expressions become identical entries in the hash or associative array).

=== environment example ===

> env[["x"]] <- 123

> env[["x"]]</syntaxhighlight>

<pre>[1] 123</pre>

> env[[index]] <- "rainfed hay"

> env[[index]]</syntaxhighlight>

<pre>[1] "rainfed hay"</pre>

<pre>[1] "rainfed hay"</pre>

<pre><environment: 0xb7cd560></pre>

<pre><environment: 0xb7cd560></pre>

=== vector example ===

> print(x)</syntaxhighlight>

<pre>hello world !

1 2 3</pre>

<pre>[1] "hello" "world" "!"</pre>

<pre>[1] 1 2 3</pre>

=== list example ===

> print(a)</syntaxhighlight>

<pre>$a

$d

[1] "xyz"</pre>

<pre>[1] "a" "b" "c" "d"</pre>

<pre>[[1]]

[1] 1

In Racket, hash tables are natively supported and encouraged over association lists in many cases. Data structures that behave like dictionaries support a unified interface.

#lang racket

The fatarrow, <code>=></code>, is no longer just a quoting comma; it now constructs a <code>Pair</code> object. But you can still define a hash with an ordinary list of even length.

my %h2 = 'key1', 'val1', 'key-2', 2, 'three', -238.83, 4, 'val3';

=={{header|Raven}}==

a_hash print

=={{header|Relation}}==

relation key, value

insert "foo", "bar"

=={{header|Retro}}==

hashTable constant table

===version 1===

Associative arrays are called ''stem variables'' in Rexx.

key0 = '0'

===version 2===

/*┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐

│ The (below) two REXX statements aren't really necessary, but it │

=={{header|Ring}}==

# Project Associative array/Creation

=={{header|RLaB}}==

Associative arrays are called ''lists'' in RLaB.

x = <<>>; // create an empty list using strings as identifiers.

x.red = strtod("0xff0000"); // RLaB doesn't deal with hexadecimal numbers directly. Thus we