A data type analogous to Python dictionaries

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.

dictionary(...)

# S3 method for dictionary
[(x, i)

# S3 method for dictionary
[(x, i) <- value

# S3 method for 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

Functions

  • dictionary(): A dictionary constructor