• Patrick Down (22/22) May 09 2002 What I want is an associative array of char[] to char[]
• Walter (3/21) May 09 2002 Thanks!
• Patrick Down (27/27) May 26 2002 How to read arrays. :-)
• Nic Tiger (5/21) May 09 2002 Maybe I'm wrong but you should change braces order:
• Patrick Down (12/14) May 09 2002 Well I could be wrong but I think you read it right to left

Patrick Down <pat codemoon.com> writes:

What I want is an associative array of char[] to char[]

The following program generates this compiler error:
test.d(9): cannot implicitly convert wchar[3] to int
Line 9 is map["str"] = "str";

int main(char[][] args)
{    
  char[][char[]] map;
    
  map["str"] = "str"; 
    
  return 0;
}

This little work around fixes the problem.

alias char[] string;

int main(char[][] args)
{    
  string[char[]] map;
    
  map["str"] = "str";
    
  return 0;
}

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

Thanks!

"Patrick Down" <pat codemoon.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9209D80E1BC4Bpatcodemooncom 63.105.9.61...
 What I want is an associative array of char[] to char[]

 The following program generates this compiler error:
 test.d(9): cannot implicitly convert wchar[3] to int
 Line 9 is map["str"] = "str";

 int main(char[][] args)
 {
   char[][char[]] map;

   map["str"] = "str";

   return 0;
 }

 This little work around fixes the problem.

 alias char[] string;

 int main(char[][] args)
 {
   string[char[]] map;

   map["str"] = "str";

   return 0;
 }

Patrick Down <pat codemoon.com> writes:

How to read arrays. :-)


elem_type[] A;

One way to "read" this is: A is a dynamic array of type elem_type

elem_type[5] A;

A is a dynamic array of length 5 of type elem_type

elem_type[5][6] A;

A is an array of length 5 of type (array of length 6 of type 
elem_type).

elem_type[key_type] A;

A is an associtive array that maps a key of type key_type 
to a value type of elem_type.

elem_type[key_elem_type[]][] A;

A is an associative array that maps a key of type (dynamic 
array of type key_elem_type) to a value type of (dynamic 
array of type elem_type)

elem_type[][key_elem_type[]] A;

A is a dynamic array of type (associative array that maps 
a key of type (dynamic array of type key_elem_type) to a value 
type of elem_type)

elem_type [key_elem_type[]][5][6] A;

A is an associative array that maps a key of type (dynamic array 
of type key_elem_type) to a value type of (an array of length 5 of 
type (array of length 6 of type elem_type)))

So can parentheses be used to associate types together?

(char[])[char[]] A; // Same as char[char[]][] map;

This reads a little better to me because it retains the pattern

value_type[key_type] A;

"Nic Tiger" <nictiger pt.comcor.ru> writes:

Maybe I'm wrong but you should change braces order:
  char[char[]][] map;

Then I think map["..."] will refer to char[] element.

"Patrick Down" <pat codemoon.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9209D80E1BC4Bpatcodemooncom 63.105.9.61...
 What I want is an associative array of char[] to char[]

 The following program generates this compiler error:
 test.d(9): cannot implicitly convert wchar[3] to int
 Line 9 is map["str"] = "str";

 int main(char[][] args)

   char[][char[]] map;

   map["str"] = "str";

   return 0;
 }

 This little work around fixes the problem.

 alias char[] string;

 int main(char[][] args)

   string[char[]] map;

   map["str"] = "str";

   return 0;
 }

Patrick Down <pat codemoon.com> writes:

"Nic Tiger" <nictiger pt.comcor.ru> wrote in news:abfjm4$1m56$1
 digitaldaemon.com:

 Maybe I'm wrong but you should change braces order:
   char[char[]][] map;

Well I could be wrong but I think you read it right to left
So what you have is...

[] a dynamic array

[char[]][] a dynamic array of assoc array with char[] as the key

char[char[]][] a dynamic array of assoc array with char[] as the key
that maps to a single char

Or another way to look ar it is...

alias char[char[]] charmap; char[] -> char

charmap[] map;