Is there some way to initialize Associative Arrays via "lists"?


For a static array:

static char[][] month	= [ "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec" ];

will work fine, but for

static int[char[]]	Month = [ "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec" ];

it will not...

Is there some way to avoid having to do a "manual" feed via:

static int[char[]] Month;
Month["Jan"] = 0;
Month["Feb"] = 1;
etc.

in a foreach loop?

AEon

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 18:54:07 +0200, AEon <aeon2001@lycos.de> wrote:
> Is there some way to initialize Associative Arrays via "lists"?
>
>
> For a static array:
>
> static char[][] month	= [ "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec" ];
>
> will work fine, but for
>
> static int[char[]]	Month = [ "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec" ];
>
> it will not...
>
> Is there some way to avoid having to do a "manual" feed via:
>
> static int[char[]] Month;
> Month["Jan"] = 0;
> Month["Feb"] = 1;
> etc.
>
> in a foreach loop?

Not yet, but hopefully one day we will be able to say something like:

static int[char[]] Month = [ "Jan", "Feb", "Mar" ..etc..
//meaning an associative array with the defined keys, and default values

static int[char[]] Month = [ "Jan":1, "Feb":2, "Mar":3, ..etc..
//meaning an associative array with the defined keys, and defined values

or even a mixture of the two.

Regan

Regan Heath wrote:
<snip>
> Not yet, but hopefully one day we will be able to say something like:
> 
> static int[char[]] Month = [ "Jan", "Feb", "Mar" ..etc..
> //meaning an associative array with the defined keys, and default values
<snip>

Why not the defined values and default keys, which would make it consistent with static initalisers on linear arrays?

Moreover, by "default values" do you mean the default initialiser for the value type, or what?  Whichever way, it seems a crocky syntax, and I'd go for requiring AA initialisers to use explicit key:value pairs.

Stewart.

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On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 17:46:22 +0100, Stewart Gordon <smjg_1998@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Regan Heath wrote:
> <snip>
>> Not yet, but hopefully one day we will be able to say something like:
>>  static int[char[]] Month = [ "Jan", "Feb", "Mar" ..etc..
>> //meaning an associative array with the defined keys, and default values
> <snip>
>
> Why not the defined values and default keys, which would make it consistent with static initalisers on linear arrays?

I'm not sure either makes any sense.. I was just throwing the idea out there.

> Moreover, by "default values" do you mean the default initialiser for the value type, or what?

Yep.

> Whichever way, it seems a crocky syntax

Agreed.

> , and I'd go for requiring AA initialisers to use explicit key:value pairs.

Yeah. Probably the only way that makes any sense.

Regan