Associative array/Creation
In this task, the goal is to create an associative array.
Associative array/Creation
You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know.
You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know.
Perl
Interpeter: Perl
Defining a Hash
# using => key does not need to be quoted unless it contains special chars my %hash = ( key1 => 'val1', 'key-2' => 2, three => -238.83, 4 => 'val3', ); # using , both key and value need to be quoted if containing something non-numeric in nature my %hash = ( 'key1', 'val1', 'key-2', 2, 'three', -238.83, 4, 'val3', );
Defining a HashRef
my $hashref = { key1 => 'val1', 'key-2' => 2, three => -238.83, 4 => 'val3', }
Using a Hash
print $hash{'key1'}; $hash{'key1'} = 'val1'; @hash{'key1', 'three'} = ('val1', -238.83);
Using a HashRef
print $hash->{'key1'}; $hash->{'key1'} = 'val1'; @hash->{'key1', 'three'} = ('val1', -238.83);
Ruby
#a hash object that returns nil for unknown keys hash={} hash[666]='devil' hash[777] # => nil hash[666] # => 'devil'
#a hash object that returns 'unknown key' for unknown keys hash=Hash.new('unknown key') hash[666]='devil' hash[777] # => 'unknown key' hash[666] # => 'devil'
#a hash object that returns "unknown key #{key}" for unknown keys hash=Hash.new{|h,k|h[k]="unknown key #{k}"} hash[666]='devil' hash[777] # => 'unknown key 777' hash[666] # => 'devil'
Python
In Python, hashes are called dictionaries.
# empty dictionary d = {} d['spam'] = 1 d['eggs'] = 2
# dictionaries with two keys d1 = {'spam': 1, 'eggs': 2} d2 = dict(spam=1, eggs=2)
# dictionaries from tuple list d1 = dict([('spam', 1), ('eggs', 2)]) d2 = dict(zip(['spam', 'eggs'], [1, 2]))
# iterating over keys for key in d: print key, d[key]
# iterating over (key, value) pairs for key, value in d.iteritems(): print key, value