[Jprogramming] J and data structures

[Henry Rich]

Yes, but I want something lean and fast, not dealing with file-size 
chunks.  Example: a German-English dictionary.  I give it a German word, 
it gives me back the English.  It can be continually updated.

Henry Rich

On 11/17/2019 10:02 PM, 'Jim Russell' via Programming wrote:
> AFAIR, wasn't that a feature built into the (lib 1) component files addon? I don't recall using a separate dictionary function.
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>> On Nov 17, 2019, at 9:49 PM, Henry Rich <henryhrich at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> The datatype I really want is a directory object that acts as an efficient and easy-to-use associative memory.  You put key/values in and then retrieve a value by presenting its key.  Has anyone written an addon for that?
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