• Steve Adams (4/4) Mar 12 2004 Is there a way to declare and initialize associative arrays? Something
• Walter (4/7) Mar 12 2004 Currently, there isn't. One way to do it is to use a module constructor ...
• C. Sauls (16/27) Mar 12 2004 When do you think that might become available? I'm really looking
• Walter (3/7) Mar 12 2004 Not for 1.0, but better array literals are a good candidate for 2.0.
• Steve Adams (2/15) Mar 12 2004 Thanks, I'll use that approach.
• Phill (5/9) Mar 12 2004 I think you will find that info here:

Steve Adams <adamss ascinet.com> writes:

Is there a way to declare and initialize associative arrays?  Something 
along the lines of:

    const int[char[]] foo =  list of pairs?

Thanks.

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

"Steve Adams" <adamss ascinet.com> wrote in message
news:40521D81.4030808 ascinet.com...
 Is there a way to declare and initialize associative arrays?  Something
 along the lines of:

     const int[char[]] foo =  list of pairs?

Currently, there isn't. One way to do it is to use a module constructor to
load up the array.

"C. Sauls" <ibisbasenji yahoo.com> writes:

When do you think that might become available?  I'm really looking 
forward to it personally, because I have a lot of those module 
constructors doing just that, and it would be nice to get it all in one 
statement.

I'm sure its all been said before, but I'm personally a fan of the : 
syntax...
const int[char[]] FOO = [
     "abc" : 1,
     "def" : 2,
     "ghi" : 3
];

Feels consistant with the struct syntax, and reminds me of Python all at 
once.  :)

-C. Sauls
-Invironz

Walter wrote:
 "Steve Adams" <adamss ascinet.com> wrote in message
 news:40521D81.4030808 ascinet.com...
 
Is there a way to declare and initialize associative arrays?  Something
along the lines of:

    const int[char[]] foo =  list of pairs?

 
 
 Currently, there isn't. One way to do it is to use a module constructor to
 load up the array.

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

"C. Sauls" <ibisbasenji yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c2tess$2mki$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 When do you think that might become available?  I'm really looking
 forward to it personally, because I have a lot of those module
 constructors doing just that, and it would be nice to get it all in one
 statement.

Not for 1.0, but better array literals are a good candidate for 2.0.

Steve Adams <adamss ascinet.com> writes:

Walter wrote:
 "Steve Adams" <adamss ascinet.com> wrote in message
 news:40521D81.4030808 ascinet.com...
 
Is there a way to declare and initialize associative arrays?  Something
along the lines of:

    const int[char[]] foo =  list of pairs?

 
 
 Currently, there isn't. One way to do it is to use a module constructor to
 load up the array.
 
 

Thanks, I'll use that approach.

"Phill" <phill pacific.net.au> writes:

I think you will find that info here:

http://www.digitalmars.com/d/arrays.html

Phill.


"Steve Adams" <adamss ascinet.com> wrote in message
news:40521D81.4030808 ascinet.com...
 Is there a way to declare and initialize associative arrays?  Something
 along the lines of:

     const int[char[]] foo =  list of pairs?

 Thanks.