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Re: named array

• Posted by DerekParnell (admin) Sep 02, 2013
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What 'side effects' are a concern to you? Using the map library it's simply ...

include std/map.e 
 
map Object = map:new() 
 
map:put(Object, 'X') = 100 
map:put(Object, 'Y') = -200 
map:put(Object, 'Z') = 300 
 
puts(1, map:get(Object, 'Z'))  
 

Or if the 'ugliness' of showing all the detailed assignments is too much for you ...

Create a map helper library such as ...

include std/map.e 
 
function mapset(sequence vals) 
    object o 
 
    o = map:new() 
 
    for i = 1 to length(vals) do 
       map:put(o, vals[i][1], vals[i][2]) 
    end for 
 
    return o 
end function 
 
function mapget(object o, object k) 
    return map:get(o,k) 
end function 

Then use it to emulate for favourite slow interpreter, such as Erlang or Ruby ...

include maphelp.e 
 
object Object = mapset( {{'X',100}, {'Y',-200}, {'Z',300}}) 
 
puts(1, mapget(Object, 'Z'))