Dictionaries and sets are data structures in Julia. Data structures help us store data into computer memory in an organized way.
Dictionaries and sets have the below characteristics:
Dict()
while set is Set()
.Dictionary_name[key_name => value_name]
or
Dictionary_name[:key_name => value_name]
The code below shows how to create a dictionary:
# Creating a dictionary # The keys can either be strings or integers data = Dict("a" => 1, "b" => 2, 1 => "Hello") println(data) data_2 = Dict(1 => 1, "ben" => 10) println(data_2) data_3 = Dict(:a => 1, :b => "one") println(data_3)
We can access elements in a dictionary using keys or using the get()
method as shown:
data = Dict("a" => 1, "b" => 2, 1 => "Hello") #println(data) println(data["a"]) println(data[1]) data_2 = Dict(1 => 1, "ben" => 10) #print(data_2) println(data_2["ben"]) data_3 = Dict(:a => 1, :b => "one") println(data_3[:b])
get()
methodThe syntax is as below:
get(Dictionary_name, Key_name, Default Value)
data_3 = Dict("a" => 1, "b" => 2, 1 => "Hello") println(get(data_3, "a", 0)) println(get(data_3,1,0))
Keys and values can be accessed in a similar way to the codes above.
The general syntax is:
Keys = keys(Dictionary_name)
Values = values(Dictionary_name)
Below is the syntax for creating a set:
Setname = Set([Value1, Value2,....])
#creating a set with integers only Set1 = Set([1,2,3]) println(Set1) # Creating a set with different datatypes Set3 = Set([1, 2, 3, "Tom", "Chair"]) println(Set3) #Accessing the elements #Using a for loop for i in Set1 println(i) end
Note: Similar to the
get()
method in dictionaries, Julia has many methods used in dictionaries and sets. These methods help to add, delete, and manipulate the data further.
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