Objects of class "dictionary" behave similar to dictionaries. They can
contain any other kind of objects, but like with Python dictionaries, only scalar
indices are allowed. Unlike with Python dictionaries, numeric indices can be used
well as character indices.
Usage
dictionary(...)
# S3 method for class 'dictionary'
x[i]
# S3 method for class 'dictionary'
x[i] <- value
# S3 method for class 'dictionary'
print(x, force = FALSE, ...)
Arguments
- ...
Arbitrary objects. Should be tagged, yet currently name tags are
not yet checked for.
- x
A dictionary object
- i
A scalar integer or character string
- value
An arbitrary object
- force
A logical scalar, if TRUE, each element of the dictionary is printed,
if FALSE, just a brief summary is printed.
Methods (by generic)
[: Get an element from a dictionary
`[`(dictionary) <- value: Set an element in a dictionary
print(dictionary): Print a dictionary