• Kirill (10/10) Apr 16 2021 I'd like to iterate over an associative array and output it's key
• Paul Backus (15/25) Apr 16 2021 `parallel` requires a range [1], and an associative array is not
• Kirill (2/16) Apr 16 2021 That worked! Thanks you!

Kirill <kirill.saidov mail.com> writes:

I'd like to iterate over an associative array and output it's key 
and value using parallel from std.parallelism.

But I get an error message: ParallelForeach!(int[string]) error 
instantiating.

My code:

auto example = ["apples": 100, "orange": 250, "banana": 175];
foreach(key, value; parallel(example)) { writeln(key, ": ", 
value); }

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.

Paul Backus <snarwin gmail.com> writes:

On Saturday, 17 April 2021 at 01:57:34 UTC, Kirill wrote:
 I'd like to iterate over an associative array and output it's 
 key and value using parallel from std.parallelism.

 But I get an error message: ParallelForeach!(int[string]) error 
 instantiating.

 My code:

 auto example = ["apples": 100, "orange": 250, "banana": 175];
 foreach(key, value; parallel(example)) { writeln(key, ": ", 
 value); }

 What am I doing wrong?

 Thanks in advance.

`parallel` requires a range [1], and an associative array is not 
a range. To get a range of an AA's keys and values, you can use 
the method `.byKeyValue`:

     foreach (pair; parallel(example.byKeyValue)) {
         writeln(pair.key, ": ", pair.value);
     }

If you're confused about what a "range" is, the short answer is 
that it's kind of like an iterator. For the long answer, check 
out Andrei Alexandrescu's article "On Iteration" [2], or the 
"Ranges" chapter of Ali Çehreli's "Programming in D" [3].

[1] 
https://phobos.dpldocs.info/std.parallelism.TaskPool.parallel.2.html
[2] https://www.informit.com/articles/printerfriendly/1407357
[3] http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/ranges.html

Kirill <kirill.saidov mail.com> writes:

On Saturday, 17 April 2021 at 02:14:50 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
 `parallel` requires a range [1], and an associative array is 
 not a range. To get a range of an AA's keys and values, you can 
 use the method `.byKeyValue`:

     foreach (pair; parallel(example.byKeyValue)) {
         writeln(pair.key, ": ", pair.value);
     }

 If you're confused about what a "range" is, the short answer is 
 that it's kind of like an iterator. For the long answer, check 
 out Andrei Alexandrescu's article "On Iteration" [2], or the 
 "Ranges" chapter of Ali Çehreli's "Programming in D" [3].

 [1] 
 https://phobos.dpldocs.info/std.parallelism.TaskPool.parallel.2.html
 [2] https://www.informit.com/articles/printerfriendly/1407357
 [3] http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/ranges.html


That worked! Thanks you!