Xojo.Core.Dictionary

Class (inherits from Object)

The Dictionary class is an unordered, mutable, key-value store that is loosely typed. It implements the Iterable interface, allowing efficient and easy iteration over all key-value pairs.

Events

CompareKeys

Properties

Count

Methods

Clone	Lookup	Value
GetIterator	Remove
HasKey	RemoveAll

Notes

As shown on GetIterator, if you change the Dictionary while iterating over it using For Each...Next, an exception will be raised. If you find you need to iterate and change the data, you can add a method to get all the keys into an array and then iterate through the array to access the Dictionary values. A method could be something like this:

Function EagerlyEvaluateIterable(obj As Xojo.Core.Iterable) As Auto()
Var results() As Auto
For Each item As Auto In obj
results.Append(item)
Next
Return results
End Function

Now you can call the method to get an array where you can then modify the contents:

For Each entry As Xojo.Core.DictionaryEntry In EagerlyEvaluateIterable(d)
' Stuff that can mutate the dictionary
Next

Sample Code

Add items to a Dictionary and loop through them:

Var months As New Xojo.Core.Dictionary
months.Value("January") = 31
months.Value("February") = 28
months.Value("March") = 31
months.Value("April") = 30
months.Value("May") = 31
months.Value("June") = 30
months.Value("July") = 31
months.Value("August") = 31
months.Value("September") = 30
months.Value("October") = 31
months.Value("November") = 30
months.Value("December") = 31

For Each days As Xojo.Core.DictionaryEntry In months
Var numDays As Integer = days.Value
Next