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<div><h1>Dictionary -- the class of all dictionaries</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div>A dictionary is a special sort of hash table whose keys are the strings, and whose values are the corresponding symbols.<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : Core.Dictionary # "sin"
o1 = sin
o1 : Symbol</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : Core.Dictionary #? "sin"
o2 = true</pre>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>Types of dictionary :</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="___Global__Dictionary.html" title="the class of all global dictionaries">GlobalDictionary</a> -- the class of all global dictionaries</span></li>
<li><span><a href="___Local__Dictionary.html" title="the class of all local dictionaries">LocalDictionary</a> -- the class of all local dictionaries</span></li>
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<h2>Methods that use a dictionary :</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_length_lp__Dictionary_rp.html" title="length of a dictionary">length(Dictionary)</a> -- length of a dictionary</span></li>
<li><span>listSymbols(Dictionary), see <span><a href="_list__Symbols.html" title="compact display of symbols and their values">listSymbols</a> -- compact display of symbols and their values</span></span></li>
<li><span>localDictionaries(Dictionary), see <span><a href="_local__Dictionaries.html" title="get local dictionaries">localDictionaries</a> -- get local dictionaries</span></span></li>
<li><span>package(Dictionary), see <span><a href="_package.html" title="get containing package">package</a> -- get containing package</span></span></li>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>For the programmer</h2>
<p>The object <a href="___Dictionary.html" title="the class of all dictionaries">Dictionary</a> is <span>a <a href="___Type.html">type</a></span>, with ancestor class <a href="___Thing.html" title="the class of all things">Thing</a>.</p>
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