Create a Hash

Create a Hash
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Create a Hash object that links keys to values and returns a pre-specified element when a key is unknown.

Perl

Interpeter: Perl

Defining a Hash

# using => key does not need to be quoted unless it contains special chars
my %hash = (
  key1 => 'val1',
  'key-2' => 2,
  three => -238.83,
  4 => 'val3',
);

# using , both key and value need to be quoted if containing something non-numeric in nature
my %hash = (
  'key1', 'val1',
  'key-2', 2,
  'three', -238.83,
  4, 'val3',
);

Defining a HashRef

my $hashref = {
  key1 => 'val1',
  'key-2' => 2,
  three => -238.83,
  4 => 'val3',
}

Using a Hash

print $hash{'key1'};

$hash{'key1'} = 'val1';

@hash{'key1', 'three'} = ('val1', -238.83);

Using a HashRef

print $hash->{'key1'};

$hash->{'key1'} = 'val1';

@hash->{'key1', 'three'} = ('val1', -238.83);

Ruby

 #a hash object that returns nil for unknown keys
 hash={}
 hash[666]='devil'
 hash[777]  # => nil
 hash[666]  # => 'devil'

 #a hash object that returns 'unknown key' for unknown keys
 hash=Hash.new('unknown key')
 hash[666]='devil'
 hash[777]  # => 'unknown key'
 hash[666]  # => 'devil'

 #a hash object that returns "unknown key #{key}" for unknown keys
 hash=Hash.new{|h,k|h[k]="unknown key #{k}"}
 hash[666]='devil'
 hash[777]  # => 'unknown key 777'
 hash[666]  # => 'devil'

C#

Defining a Hash

 System.Collections.HashTable h = new System.Collections.HashTable();

Adding values

 h.add( "key1" , "foo" );
 h.add( "key2" , "bar" );

or

 h["key1"] = "foo";
 h["key2"] = "bar";