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Maplist

Map List - Keys and Values​

A Map List is a connection of string keys and associated values. The key and value are separated by ‘->’ and key value pairs are separated by commas ‘,’. Remember, maps are automatically sorted by their keys and a Map List will sort automatically at run-time.

You may use Map Lists in many statements that are expecting maps and can be used to create a map without the map statement.

A Map List may be written over as many lines as it needs, one pair to a line, with a remark inside the braces. See Lists.

Example​

inventory = {"apple"->.27,"bananna"->.18,"orange"->.43, "grapefruit"->1.02}
print "fruit","price"
foreach f -> p in inventory
    ? f,p
next

History​

2.0.0.0Added Map Lists
2.1.2Map Lists may be written over several lines, with remarks inside the braces