David Mears wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > What do you mean by "keyword level associative arrays" ?
>
> something that would defy the logic of the pascal dialect, I'm afraid,
>
> but something like
> Program testAssArrays;
> var
> Pilots[ansistring] AssociativeArray of record
> name:string;
> height:integer;
> weight:integer;
> end;
> begin
> Pilots['4457sj'].name := 'bob';
> write(sizeof(Pilots)); // displays 1
> Pilots['4457sj'].height = 72;
> write(sizeof(Pilots)); // displays 1
> Pilots['4488km'].name:='Frank';
> write(sizeof(Pilots)); //displays 2
> write(Pilots['4457sj'].name); //displays bob
> end.
>
> And simpler to deal with for people who
> tend to approach problems procedurally (like me) before building objects
> around the logic... err, and finding objects for the logic.
Approaching problems conceptionally could make things even simpler.
Thanks!
--
Al
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