#lang scribble/doc @(require "mz.rkt" scribble/eval (for-label racket/generic)) @(define dict-eval (make-base-eval)) @(interaction-eval #:eval dict-eval (require racket/dict racket/generic)) @title[#:tag "dicts"]{Dictionaries} A @deftech{dictionary} is an instance of a datatype that maps keys to values. The following datatypes are all dictionaries: @itemize[ @item{@techlink{hash tables};} @item{@techlink{vectors} (using only exact integers as keys);} @item{@techlink{lists} of @techlink{pairs} (an @deftech{association list} using @racket[equal?] to compare keys); and} @item{@techlink{structures} whose types implement the @racket[gen:dict] @tech{generic interface}.} ] A dictionary can be used as a two-valued sequence (see @secref["sequences"]). The associations of the dictionary serve as elements of the sequence. See also @racket[in-dict], @racket[in-dict-keys], and @racket[in-dict-values]. @note-lib[racket/dict] @defproc[(dict? [v any/c]) boolean?]{ Returns @racket[#t] if @racket[v] is a @tech{dictionary}, @racket[#f] otherwise. Beware that @racket[dict?] is not a constant-time test on pairs, since checking that @racket[v] is an @tech{association list} may require traversing the list. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (dict? #hash((a . "apple"))) (dict? '#("apple" "banana")) (dict? '("apple" "banana")) (dict? '((a . "apple") (b . "banana"))) ]} @defproc[(dict-mutable? [d dict?]) boolean?]{ Returns @racket[#t] if @racket[d] is mutable via @racket[dict-set!] and maybe @racket[dict-remove!], @racket[#f] otherwise. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (dict-mutable? #hash((a . "apple"))) (dict-mutable? (make-hash)) (dict-mutable? '#("apple" "banana")) (dict-mutable? (vector "apple" "banana")) (dict-mutable? '((a . "apple") (b . "banana"))) ]} @defproc[(dict-can-remove-keys? [d dict?]) boolean?]{ Returns @racket[#t] if @racket[d] supports removing mappings via @racket[dict-remove!] and/or @racket[dict-remove], @racket[#f] otherwise. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (dict-can-remove-keys? #hash((a . "apple"))) (dict-can-remove-keys? '#("apple" "banana")) (dict-can-remove-keys? '((a . "apple") (b . "banana"))) ]} @defproc[(dict-can-functional-set? [d dict?]) boolean?]{ Returns @racket[#t] if @racket[d] supports functional update via @racket[dict-set] and maybe @racket[dict-remove], @racket[#f] otherwise. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (dict-can-functional-set? #hash((a . "apple"))) (dict-can-functional-set? (make-hash)) (dict-can-functional-set? '#("apple" "banana")) (dict-can-functional-set? '((a . "apple") (b . "banana"))) ]} @defproc[(dict-set! [dict (and/c dict? (not/c immutable?))] [key any/c] [v any/c]) void?]{ Maps @racket[key] to @racket[v] in @racket[dict], overwriting any existing mapping for @racket[key]. The update can fail with a @racket[exn:fail:contract] exception if @racket[dict] is not mutable or if @racket[key] is not an allowed key for the dictionary (e.g., not an exact integer in the appropriate range when @racket[dict] is a @tech{vector}). @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (define h (make-hash)) (dict-set! h 'a "apple") h (define v (vector #f #f #f)) (dict-set! v 0 "apple") v ]} @defproc[(dict-set*! [dict (and/c dict? (not/c immutable?))] [key any/c] [v any/c] ... ...) void?]{ Maps each @racket[key] to each @racket[v] in @racket[dict], overwriting any existing mapping for each @racket[key]. The update can fail with a @racket[exn:fail:contract] exception if @racket[dict] is not mutable or if any @racket[key] is not an allowed key for the dictionary (e.g., not an exact integer in the appropriate range when @racket[dict] is a @tech{vector}). The update takes place from the left, so later mappings overwrite earlier mappings. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (define h (make-hash)) (dict-set*! h 'a "apple" 'b "banana") h (define v1 (vector #f #f #f)) (dict-set*! v1 0 "apple" 1 "banana") v1 (define v2 (vector #f #f #f)) (dict-set*! v2 0 "apple" 0 "banana") v2 ]} @defproc[(dict-set [dict (and/c dict? immutable?)] [key any/c] [v any/c]) (and/c dict? immutable?)]{ Functionally extends @racket[dict] by mapping @racket[key] to @racket[v], overwriting any existing mapping for @racket[key], and returning an extended dictionary. The update can fail with a @racket[exn:fail:contract] exception if @racket[dict] does not support functional extension or if @racket[key] is not an allowed key for the dictionary. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (dict-set #hash() 'a "apple") (dict-set #hash((a . "apple") (b . "beer")) 'b "banana") (dict-set '() 'a "apple") (dict-set '((a . "apple") (b . "beer")) 'b "banana") ]} @defproc[(dict-set* [dict (and/c dict? immutable?)] [key any/c] [v any/c] ... ...) (and/c dict? immutable?)]{ Functionally extends @racket[dict] by mapping each @racket[key] to each @racket[v], overwriting any existing mapping for each @racket[key], and returning an extended dictionary. The update can fail with a @racket[exn:fail:contract] exception if @racket[dict] does not support functional extension or if any @racket[key] is not an allowed key for the dictionary. The update takes place from the left, so later mappings overwrite earlier mappings. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (dict-set* #hash() 'a "apple" 'b "beer") (dict-set* #hash((a . "apple") (b . "beer")) 'b "banana" 'a "anchor") (dict-set* '() 'a "apple" 'b "beer") (dict-set* '((a . "apple") (b . "beer")) 'b "banana" 'a "anchor") (dict-set* '((a . "apple") (b . "beer")) 'b "banana" 'b "ballistic") ]} @defproc[(dict-has-key? [dict dict?] [key any/c]) boolean?]{ Returns @racket[#t] if @racket[dict] contains a value for the given @racket[key], @racket[#f] otherwise. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (dict-has-key? #hash((a . "apple") (b . "beer")) 'a) (dict-has-key? #hash((a . "apple") (b . "beer")) 'c) (dict-has-key? '((a . "apple") (b . "banana")) 'b) (dict-has-key? #("apple" "banana") 1) (dict-has-key? #("apple" "banana") 3) (dict-has-key? #("apple" "banana") -3) ]} @defproc[(dict-ref [dict dict?] [key any/c] [failure-result any/c (lambda () (raise (make-exn:fail ....)))]) any]{ Returns the value for @racket[key] in @racket[dict]. If no value is found for @racket[key], then @racket[failure-result] determines the result: @itemize[ @item{If @racket[failure-result] is a procedure, it is called (through a tail call) with no arguments to produce the result.} @item{Otherwise, @racket[failure-result] is returned as the result.} ] @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (dict-ref #hash((a . "apple") (b . "beer")) 'a) (dict-ref #hash((a . "apple") (b . "beer")) 'c) (dict-ref #hash((a . "apple") (b . "beer")) 'c #f) (dict-ref '((a . "apple") (b . "banana")) 'b) (dict-ref #("apple" "banana") 1) (dict-ref #("apple" "banana") 3 #f) (dict-ref #("apple" "banana") -3 #f) ]} @defproc[(dict-ref! [dict dict?] [key any/c] [to-set any/c]) any]{ Returns the value for @racket[key] in @racket[dict]. If no value is found for @racket[key], then @racket[to-set] determines the result as in @racket[dict-ref] (i.e., it is either a thunk that computes a value or a plain value), and this result is stored in @racket[dict] for the @racket[key]. (Note that if @racket[to-set] is a thunk, it is not invoked in tail position.) @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (dict-ref! (make-hasheq '((a . "apple") (b . "beer"))) 'a) (dict-ref! (make-hasheq '((a . "apple") (b . "beer"))) 'c 'cabbage) (define h (make-hasheq '((a . "apple") (b . "beer")))) (dict-ref h 'c) (dict-ref! h 'c (λ () 'cabbage)) (dict-ref h 'c) ]} @defproc[(dict-update! [dict (and/c dict? (not/c immutable?))] [key any/c] [updater (any/c . -> . any/c)] [failure-result any/c (lambda () (raise (make-exn:fail ....)))]) void?]{ Composes @racket[dict-ref] and @racket[dict-set!] to update an existing mapping in @racket[dict], where the optional @racket[failure-result] argument is used as in @racket[dict-ref] when no mapping exists for @racket[key] already. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (define h (make-hash)) (dict-update! h 'a add1) (dict-update! h 'a add1 0) h (define v (vector #f #f #f)) (dict-update! v 0 not) v ]} @defproc[(dict-update [dict dict?] [key any/c] [updater (any/c . -> . any/c)] [failure-result any/c (lambda () (raise (make-exn:fail ....)))]) (and/c dict? immutable?)]{ Composes @racket[dict-ref] and @racket[dict-set] to functionally update an existing mapping in @racket[dict], where the optional @racket[failure-result] argument is used as in @racket[dict-ref] when no mapping exists for @racket[key] already. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (dict-update #hash() 'a add1) (dict-update #hash() 'a add1 0) (dict-update #hash((a . "apple") (b . "beer")) 'b string-length) ]} @defproc[(dict-remove! [dict (and/c dict? (not/c immutable?))] [key any/c]) void?]{ Removes any existing mapping for @racket[key] in @racket[dict]. The update can fail if @racket[dict] is not mutable or does not support removing keys (as is the case for @tech{vectors}, for example). @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (define h (make-hash)) (dict-set! h 'a "apple") h (dict-remove! h 'a) h]} @defproc[(dict-remove [dict (and/c dict? immutable?)] [key any/c]) (and/c dict? immutable?)]{ Functionally removes any existing mapping for @racket[key] in @racket[dict], returning the fresh dictionary. The update can fail if @racket[dict] does not support functional update or does not support removing keys. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (define h #hash()) (define h (dict-set h 'a "apple")) h (dict-remove h 'a) h (dict-remove h 'z) (dict-remove '((a . "apple") (b . "banana")) 'a) ]} @defproc[(dict-map [dict dict?] [proc (any/c any/c . -> . any/c)]) (listof any/c)]{ Applies the procedure @racket[proc] to each element in @racket[dict] in an unspecified order, accumulating the results into a list. The procedure @racket[proc] is called each time with a key and its value. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (dict-map #hash((a . "apple") (b . "banana")) vector) ]} @defproc[(dict-for-each [dict dict?] [proc (any/c any/c . -> . any)]) void?]{ Applies @racket[proc] to each element in @racket[dict] (for the side-effects of @racket[proc]) in an unspecified order. The procedure @racket[proc] is called each time with a key and its value. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (dict-for-each #hash((a . "apple") (b . "banana")) (lambda (k v) (printf "~a = ~s\n" k v))) ]} @defproc[(dict-count [dict dict?]) exact-nonnegative-integer?]{ Returns the number of keys mapped by @racket[dict], usually in constant time. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (dict-count #hash((a . "apple") (b . "banana"))) (dict-count #("apple" "banana")) ]} @defproc[(dict-iterate-first [dict dict?]) any/c]{ Returns @racket[#f] if @racket[dict] contains no elements, otherwise it returns a non-@racket[#f] value that is an index to the first element in the dict table; ``first'' refers to an unspecified ordering of the dictionary elements. For a mutable @racket[dict], this index is guaranteed to refer to the first item only as long as no mappings are added to or removed from @racket[dict]. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (dict-iterate-first #hash((a . "apple") (b . "banana"))) (dict-iterate-first #hash()) (dict-iterate-first #("apple" "banana")) (dict-iterate-first '((a . "apple") (b . "banana"))) ]} @defproc[(dict-iterate-next [dict dict?] [pos any/c]) any/c]{ Returns either a non-@racket[#f] that is an index to the element in @racket[dict] after the element indexed by @racket[pos] or @racket[#f] if @racket[pos] refers to the last element in @racket[dict]. If @racket[pos] is not a valid index, then the @exnraise[exn:fail:contract]. For a mutable @racket[dict], the result index is guaranteed to refer to its item only as long as no items are added to or removed from @racket[dict]. The @racket[dict-iterate-next] operation should take constant time. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (define h #hash((a . "apple") (b . "banana"))) (define i (dict-iterate-first h)) i (dict-iterate-next h i) (dict-iterate-next h (dict-iterate-next h i)) ]} @defproc[(dict-iterate-key [dict dict?] [pos any/c]) any]{ Returns the key for the element in @racket[dict] at index @racket[pos]. If @racket[pos] is not a valid index for @racket[dict], the @exnraise[exn:fail:contract]. The @racket[dict-iterate-key] operation should take constant time. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (define h '((a . "apple") (b . "banana"))) (define i (dict-iterate-first h)) (dict-iterate-key h i) (dict-iterate-key h (dict-iterate-next h i)) ]} @defproc[(dict-iterate-value [dict dict?] [pos any/c]) any]{ Returns the value for the element in @racket[dict] at index @racket[pos]. If @racket[pos] is not a valid index for @racket[dict], the @exnraise[exn:fail:contract]. The @racket[dict-iterate-key] operation should take constant time. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (define h '((a . "apple") (b . "banana"))) (define i (dict-iterate-first h)) (dict-iterate-value h i) (dict-iterate-value h (dict-iterate-next h i)) ]} @defproc[(in-dict [dict dict?]) sequence?]{ Returns a @tech{sequence} whose each element is two values: a key and corresponding value from @racket[dict]. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (define h #hash((a . "apple") (b . "banana"))) (for/list ([(k v) (in-dict h)]) (format "~a = ~s" k v)) ]} @defproc[(in-dict-keys [dict dict?]) sequence?]{ Returns a sequence whose elements are the keys of @racket[dict]. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (define h #hash((a . "apple") (b . "banana"))) (for/list ([k (in-dict-keys h)]) k) ]} @defproc[(in-dict-values [dict dict?]) sequence?]{ Returns a sequence whose elements are the values of @racket[dict]. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (define h #hash((a . "apple") (b . "banana"))) (for/list ([v (in-dict-values h)]) v) ]} @defproc[(in-dict-pairs [dict dict?]) sequence?]{ Returns a sequence whose elements are pairs, each containing a key and its value from @racket[dict] (as opposed to using @racket[in-dict], which gets the key and value as separate values for each element). @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (define h #hash((a . "apple") (b . "banana"))) (for/list ([p (in-dict-pairs h)]) p) ]} @defproc[(dict-keys [dict dict?]) list?]{ Returns a list of the keys from @racket[dict] in an unspecified order. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (define h #hash((a . "apple") (b . "banana"))) (dict-keys h) ]} @defproc[(dict-values [dict dict?]) list?]{ Returns a list of the values from @racket[dict] in an unspecified order. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (define h #hash((a . "apple") (b . "banana"))) (dict-values h) ]} @defproc[(dict->list [dict dict?]) list?]{ Returns a list of the associations from @racket[dict] in an unspecified order. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (define h #hash((a . "apple") (b . "banana"))) (dict->list h) ]} @defthing[gen:dict any/c]{ A @tech{generic interface} (see @secref["struct-generics"]) that supplies dictionary method implementations for a structure type. To supply method implementations, the @racket[#:methods] form should be used. The provided implementations are applied only to instances of the structure type. The following methods can be implemented: @itemize[ @item{@racket[dict-ref] : accepts either two or three arguments} @item{@racket[dict-set!] : accepts three arguments, left unimplemented if mutation is not supported} @item{@racket[dict-set] : accepts three arguments and returns an updated dictionary, left unimplemented if functional update is not supported} @item{@racket[dict-remove!] : accepts two arguments, left unimplemented if mutation is not supported or if key removal is not supported} @item{@racket[dict-remove] : accepts two arguments and returns an updated dictionary, left unimplemented if functional update or key removal is not supported} @item{@racket[dict-count] : accepts one argument} @item{@racket[dict-iterate-first] : accepts one argument} @item{@racket[dict-iterate-next] : accepts two arguments; the procedure is responsible for checking that the second argument is a valid position for the first argument} @item{@racket[dict-iterate-key] : accepts two arguments; the procedure is responsible for checking that the second argument is a valid position for the first argument} @item{@racket[dict-iterate-value] : accepts two arguments; the procedure is responsible for checking that the second argument is a valid position for the first argument} ] @examples[#:eval dict-eval (struct alist (v) #:methods gen:dict [(define (dict-ref dict key [default (lambda () (error "key not found" key))]) (cond [(assoc key (alist-v dict)) => cdr] [else (if (procedure? default) (default) default)])) (define (dict-set dict key val) (alist (cons (cons key val) (alist-v dict)))) (define (dict-remove dict key) (define al (alist-v dict)) (remove* (assoc key al) al)) (define (dict-count dict #:default [x #f]) (or x (length (remove-duplicates (alist-v dict) #:key car))))]) (code:comment "etc. other methods") (define d1 (alist '((1 . a) (2 . b)))) (dict? d1) (dict-ref d1 1) ] } @defthing[prop:dict struct-type-property?]{ A deprecated structure type property used to define custom extensions to the dictionary API. Use @racket[gen:dict] instead. Accepts a vector of 10 procedures with the same arguments as the methods of @racket[gen:dict]. } @defthing[prop:dict/contract struct-type-property?]{ A structure type property for defining dictionaries with contracts. The value associated with @racket[prop:dict/contract] must be a list of two immutable vectors: @racketblock[ (list _dict-vector (vector _type-key-contract _type-value-contract _type-iter-contract _instance-key-contract _instance-value-contract _instance-iter-contract)) ] The first vector must be a vector of 10 procedures which match the @racket[gen:dict] @tech{generic interface} (in addition, it must be an immutable vector). The second vector must contain six elements; each of the first three is a contract for the dictionary type's keys, values, and positions, respectively. Each of the second three is either @racket[#f] or a procedure used to extract the contract from a dictionary instance. } @deftogether[[ @defproc[(dict-key-contract [d dict?]) contract?] @defproc[(dict-value-contract [d dict?]) contract?] @defproc[(dict-iter-contract [d dict?]) contract?]]]{ Returns the contract that @racket[d] imposes on its keys, values, or iterators, respectively, if @racket[d] implements the @racket[prop:dict/contract] interface. } @;{------------------------------------------------------------} @deftogether[( @defproc[(make-custom-hash [eql? (any/c any/c . -> . any/c)] [hash-proc (any/c . -> . exact-integer?)] [hash2-proc (any/c . -> . exact-integer?) (lambda (v) 10001)]) dict?] @defproc[(make-immutable-custom-hash [eql? (any/c any/c . -> . any/c)] [hash-proc (any/c . -> . exact-integer?)] [hash2-proc (any/c . -> . exact-integer?) (lambda (v) 10001)]) dict?] @defproc[(make-weak-custom-hash [eql? (any/c any/c . -> . any/c)] [hash-proc (any/c . -> . exact-integer?)] [hash2-proc (any/c . -> . exact-integer?) (lambda (v) 10001)]) dict?] )]{ Creates a dictionary that is implemented in terms of a hash table where keys are compared with @racket[eql?] and hashed with @racket[hash-proc] and @racket[hash2-proc]. See @racket[gen:equal+hash] for information on suitable equality and hashing functions. The @racket[make-custom-hash] and @racket[make-weak-custom-hash] functions create a mutable dictionary that does not support functional update, while @racket[make-immutable-custom-hash] creates an immutable dictionary that supports functional update. The dictionary created by @racket[make-weak-custom-hash] retains its keys weakly, like the result of @racket[make-weak-hash]. Dictionaries created by @racket[make-custom-hash] and company are @racket[equal?] when they have the same mutability and key strength, the associated procedures are @racket[equal?], and the key--value mappings are the same when keys and values are compared with @racket[equal?]. @examples[ #:eval dict-eval (define h (make-custom-hash (lambda (a b) (string=? (format "~a" a) (format "~a" b))) (lambda (a) (equal-hash-code (format "~a" a))))) (dict-set! h 1 'one) (dict-ref h "1") ]} @; ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @close-eval[dict-eval]