Dict
A dictionary mapping unique keys to values. The keys can be any comparable
type. This includes Int
, Float
, Time
, Char
and String
.
Set, remove, and query operations all take O(log n) time.
A dictionary of keys and values. So a Dict String User
is a dictionary
that lets you look up a String
(such as user names) and find the associated
User
.
import Dict exposing ( Dict )
users : Dict String User
users =
Dict.fromArray
[ { key = "Alice"
, value = makeUser "Alice" 28 1.65
}
, { key = "Bob"
, value = makeUser "Bob" 19 1.82
}
, { key = "Chuck"
, value = makeUser "Chuck" 33 1.75
}
]
type alias User =
{ name : String
, age : Int
, height : Float
}
makeUser : String -> Int -> Float -> User
makeUser name age height =
{ name = name
, age = age
, height = height
}
Create an empty dictionary.
Create a dictionary with one key-value pair.
Sets a value for a given key. Existing values will be replaced. If the key isn't already registered, the key-value pair will be inserted.
Update the value of a dictionary for a specific key with a given function.
Remove a key-value pair from a dictionary. If the key is not found, no changes are made.
Query
Determine if a dictionary is empty.
isEmpty empty == True
Determine the number of key-value pairs in the dictionary.
Get the value associated with a key. If the key is not found, return
Nothing
. This is useful when you are not sure if a key will be in the
dictionary.
animals = fromArray [ ("Tom", Cat), ("Jerry", Mouse) ]
get "Tom" animals == Just Cat
get "Jerry" animals == Just Mouse
get "Spike" animals == Nothing
Determine if a key is in a dictionary.
Retrieve the first, or lowest, key-value pair.
Retrieve the last, or highest, key-value pair.
Find the first key-value pair that passes the test.
Find the last key-value pair that passes the test.
Checks if any key-value pair in the dictionary passes the test.
Checks if all key-value pairs in the dictionary passes the test.
Arrays
Get all of the keys in a dictionary, sorted from lowest to highest.
keys (Dict.empty |> Dict.set 0 "Alice" |> Dict.set 1 "Bob") == [ 0, 1 ]
Get all of the values in a dictionary, in the order of their keys.
values (Dict.empty |> Dict.set 0 "Alice" |> Dict.set 1 "Bob") == [ "Alice", "Bob" ]
Transform
Apply a function to all values in a dictionary.
Fold over the key-value pairs in a dictionary from lowest key to highest key.
import Dict exposing (Dict)
getAges : Dict String User -> Array String
getAges users =
Dict.foldl addAge [] users
addAge : String -> User -> Array String -> Array String
addAge _ user ages =
user.age :: ages
-- getAges users == [33,19,28]
Fold over the key-value pairs in a dictionary from highest key to lowest key.
import Dict exposing (Dict)
getAges : Dict String User -> Array String
getAges users =
Dict.foldr addAge [] users
addAge : String -> User -> Array String -> Array String
addAge _ user ages =
user.age :: ages
-- getAges users == [28,19,33]
Keep only the key-value pairs that pass the given test.
Filter out unwanted results of a map operation.
Partition a dictionary according to some test. The first dictionary contains all key-value pairs which passed the test, and the second contains the pairs that did not.
Combine
Combine two dictionaries. If there is a collision, preference is given to the first dictionary.
Keep a key-value pair when its key appears in the second dictionary. Preference is given to values in the first dictionary.
Keep a key-value pair when its key does not appear in the second dictionary.
The most general way of combining two dictionaries. You provide three accumulators for when a given key appears:
- Only in the left dictionary.
- In both dictionaries.
- Only in the right dictionary. You then traverse all the keys from lowest to highest, building up whatever you want.