makeDictionary

 

 

Overview

The makeDictionary function returns a new dictionary object, which is formed with the specified bindings and with the optional cdr value. Each binding {symbol: value} is a quoted symbol followed by a value. There may be zero or more bindings specified. The optional cdr value is preceded by the period special character '.

Usage

The makeDictionary function is used whenever it is necessary to coerce a symbol-value pair into a Dictionary binding.

 

Syntax

Expression:

(makeDictionary symbol value ...)
(makeDictionary symbol value ... . cdrvalue)

Arguments Name Type Description
Argument:symbolSymbol A symbol (This will be used as the key part of a dictionary binding)
Argument:valueCharacter String Symbol Vector BitVector ByteVector IntVector FltVector ObjVector Structure Dictionary Directory Matrix NumMatrix Integer Float Number Complex A value (This will be used as the value part of a dictionary binding). There may be more than one symbol-value pairs.
Argument:. A period. An optional parameter, if present, must be followed by a value which will be assigned as the cdr of the dictionary

Returns:

A Dictionary object.


 

Examples

Here are a number of links to Lambda coding examples which contain this instruction in various use cases.

 

Argument Types

Here are the links to the data types of the function arguments.

Dictionary

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