Andy and Martin -
with apologies, I didn't express my problem very well! Martin, you're
correct with your example
`map { 'key': array { 1 to 5 } }`
and that was part of my struggle; i.e. "It works this way but not that way
- what am I doing wrong?" Andy noticed the source of my dilemma: I a using
map:merge#2, with `map { "duplicates": "combine" }` -- Andy, thank you for
catching that. I was entirely too caught up in a different part of the
documentation.
I'm creating these maps from loose text, where keys are word pairs and
values are value* (0, 1, or many). I'll come back with a better example of
my problem, although I think you've both given me food for thought.
Thank you both so much for your help!
Best,
Bridger
On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 6:04 AM Andy Bunce <bunce.a...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Bridger,
>
> > is even possible; e.g. map{ "key": [1,2,3,4,5] }
> Well that works fine for me, so yes.
>
> For your other examples, I think the answer is that map:merge with map{
> "duplicates":"combine"} always generates value *sequences *on duplicate
> keys.
> So, maybe, generate the array you want, then put it in the map
>
> let $a:=(1 to 5)!array{.}=>array:join()
> return map:entry("key",$a)
>
> /Andy
>
> On Wed, 3 Aug 2022 at 09:37, Martin Honnen <martin.hon...@gmx.de> wrote:
>
>>
>> Am 03.08.2022 um 04:27 schrieb Bridger Dyson-Smith:
>> >
>> >
>> > I would appreciate some help understanding how I might go about having
>> > a multi-valued array as the value of a map key, or if this is even
>> > possible; e.g.
>> >
>> > map{ "key": [1,2,3,4,5] }
>>
>>
>> map { 'key' : array { 1 to 5 } }
>>
>>
>> Or have I missed the point?
>>
>>
