Ink by Example

Ink by Example: Maps

Like lists, maps use the composite value — Ink's single built-in data structure. At runtime, maps are hashmaps with string keys.
	std := load('../vendor/std') clone := std.clone each := std.each log := std.log
	observation := { weather: 'Sunny' 'observedAt': { time: time() } } log(observation)
Like lists, we use the dot syntax to access and mutate.	observation.('weather') := 'Raining'
If we know the key before runtime, we can use a shortcut and just write it out.	observation.weather := 'Raining' log(observation)
`std.clone` can be used to create a copy of a map.	cloned := clone(observation)
We can iterate through the keys by calling `keys`.	each(keys(observation), (key) => ( log(observation.(key)) ))

$ ink maps.ink
{weather: 'Sunny', observedAt: {time: 1626466495.22846460}}
{weather: 'Raining', observedAt: {time: 1626466495.22846460}}
Raining
{time: 1626466495.22846460}

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