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hash

Summary

Creates and returns a new associative array (a hash).

Usage

hash( key1, value1 [, key2, value2 [, ... ] ] )

Parameters

NameTypeDescriptionRequired
key1 string The key of value1. Yes.
value1 any The value associated with key1. Yes.
key2 string The key of value2. No.
value2 any The value associated with key2. No.

Returns

An associative array (a hash).

Description

This operator builds an associative array using the specified key/value pairs. Odd parameters are considered to be keys, even parameters will be values. The operator returns the generated hash.

Examples

Example 1

{hash( 1, 'Red Eyes', 2, 'Green Gremlins', 3, 'Blue Thunder' )}

The following hash will be returned:

Key

Value

1

Red Eyes

2

Green Gremlins

3

Blue Thunder

Balazs Halasy (05/02/2004 9:32 am)

Balazs Halasy (22/11/2005 10:36 am)

Comments

  • On page110 of the ezpublish Basics Book

    Friday 15 February 2008 9:24:16 am

    HAEN

    The example on p110 can't work. Eighter you can access the data of an associative hash by the index or by the identifier. The given example tells you, you can access a value with an identifier by using the index.

    Feel free to tell me, if i'm wrong.

    • Re: On page110 of the ezpublish Basics Book

      Wednesday 20 February 2008 2:14:51 pm

      Svitlana Shatokhina

      Might be a bug, it was reported here long ago: http://issues.ez.no/10272