Hi all,
What do most languages call a name-value pairing?
Or perhaps my question should be, why not just call it
a name-value pairing? Too many syllables?
Did Knuth invent a handy term for such a thing?
Thanks.
333
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On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:06:44 +0100, Bush is a Fascist <z3***@yahoo.com>
wrote: Hi all,
What do most languages call a name-value pairing?
Or perhaps my question should be, why not just call it
a name-value pairing? Too many syllables?
Did Knuth invent a handy term for such a thing?
Thanks.
333
A tuple, or 2-tuple in this case, ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuple)?
Dan.
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Daniel Dyer http://www.dandyer.co.uk
On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:11:19 +0100, "Daniel Dyer"
<da*@dannospamformepleasedyer.co.uk> wrote or quoted : A tuple, or 2-tuple in this case, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuple)?
that just means an n-tuple, fitting pairs or triples of anything. It
is correct, but does not imply name and value as he requested. )
How about :
named values
keyword parameters as opposed to positional parameters (JCL
terminology)
properties (CSS terminology)
keyword=value
cavies (gnuage whimsy)
Bush is a Fascist wrote: What do most languages call a name-value pairing?
In your English you call it a 'name-value pairing', if that
helps.
--
Jock
Bush is a Fascist wrote:
What do most languages call a name-value pairing?
A symbol table?
Or perhaps my question should be, why not just call it
a name-value pairing? Too many syllables?
Well, some names (functions, for example) don't have corresponding
values; they correspond to code snippets...
Cheers,
NC
On 2005-08-16, Bush is a Fascist <z3***@yahoo.com> wrote: What do most languages call a name-value pairing?
I would use the term hash or associative array (although these are names
for collections of such name-value pairs).
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Met vriendelijke groeten,
Tim Van Wassenhove <http://timvw.madoka.be>
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news:11**********************@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com... Hi all,
What do most languages call a name-value pairing?
Or perhaps my question should be, why not just call it
a name-value pairing? Too many syllables?
Mapping.
Map.
Relation.
Function.
Table.
Dictionary.
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What do most languages call a name-value pairing?
A symbol table?
Associative array?
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On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 20:03:00 -0400, "George Cherry"
<GW***************************@alum.mit.edu> wrote or quoted : Mapping.
Map.
Relation.
Function.
Table.
Dictionary.
the Forth term is "vocabulary"
It depend on what the values are. Dictionary implies a definition.
Map implies a correspondence between two sets.
Function implies something that is computed.
What do the SQL people call them?
"Bush is a Fascist" <z3***@yahoo.com> wrote: What do most languages call a name-value pairing?
A troll.
Richard
>Mapping. Map.
Relation.
Function.
Table.
Dictionary.
Oh jeez, now I see why I should have *never* sold my
discrete math book back to the college.
Hmm...anybody know of a discrete math cheet sheet
anywhere on the Web?
Bush is a Fascist wrote: Hi all,
What do most languages call a name-value pairing?
Or perhaps my question should be, why not just call it
a name-value pairing? Too many syllables?
Did Knuth invent a handy term for such a thing?
Thanks.
333
I would suggest ... "map"
--
Virgil
I believe it's called a pong lo'laHghach chang'eng in Klingon.
Roedy Green wrote: On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 20:03:00 -0400, "George Cherry"
<GW***************************@alum.mit.edu> wrote or quoted :Table.
Dictionary.
the Forth term is "vocabulary"
It depend on what the values are. Dictionary implies a definition.
They're called dictionaries in PostScript.
The value is defined.
-Joe
Bush is a Fascist wrote: What do most languages call a name-value pairing?
Or perhaps my question should be, why not just call it
a name-value pairing? Too many syllables?
If I remember correctly in Smalltalk it's called a Pair.
John http://schemaspy.sourceforge.net
John Currier wrote: Bush is a Fascist wrote:
What do most languages call a name-value pairing?
Or perhaps my question should be, why not just call it
a name-value pairing? Too many syllables?
If I remember correctly in Smalltalk it's called a Pair.
The std::pair ("standard pair") template is a common way to represent
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