Asp Dictionary Object
| Methods | Properties | Asp Dictionary Object Example |
The Asp dictionary object
allows you to store information in data key, item pairs.Later we can retrieve
the information by providing the dictionary with key word.The following code
illustrates how to create a Dictionary object:
<%
Dim objDictionary
Set objDictionary = CreateObject(Scripting.Dictionary)
objDictionary.Add “animal”, “Elephant”
objDictionary.Add “bird”, “Craw”
dim
strkey,strvalue
strkey = “Fruit”
strvalue = “Banana”
objDictionary.Add strkey,strvalue
%>
Asp Dictionary Object Methods
| Method | Syntax | Description |
| Add | objDictionary.Add
key, item |
Adds a key
and item pair to a Dictionary object |
| Remove | object.Remove(key) | Removes a
key, item pair from a Dictionary object |
| RemoveAll | objDictionary.RemoveAll | The RemoveAll
method removes all key, item pairs from a Dictionary object. |
| Exists | objDictionary.Exists(key) | Returns True
if a specified key exists in the Dictionary object; False if it does not |
| Items | objDictionary.Items | Returns an
array containing all the items in a Dictionary object. |
| Keys | objDictionary.Keys | Returns an
array containing all existing keys in a Dictionary object. |
Asp Dictionary Object Properties
| Property | Syntax | Description |
| Count | objDictionary.Count | Returns the
number of items in a collection or Dictionary object. Read-only |
| Key | objDictionary.Key(key)
= newkey |
Sets a key
in a Dictionary object |
| Item | objDictionary.Item(key)
= newitem objDictionary.Item(key) |
Sets or returns
an item for a specified key in a Dictionary object. |
| CompareMode | objDictionary.CompareMode
= compare objDictionary.CompareMode |
Sets and
returns the comparison mode for comparing string keys in a Dictionary object. |
<%
dim objdictionary
set objdictionary=createobject(“scripting.dictionary”)
objDictionary.Add “animal”, “Elephant”
objDictionary.Add “bird”, “Craw”
Response.write(“all data stored in dictionary”&”<hr>”)
response.write(“Let’s
retrieve it”)
strvalue=objdictionary.item(“animal”)
response.write(“Value stored with key of
animal is “&strvalue&”<hr>”)
response.write(“Let’s
set new value to animal”)
if objdictionary.exists(“animal”) then
objdictionary.item(“animal”)=”Lion”
End if
response.write(“The new value of animal
is “&objdictionary.item(“animal”)&”<br>”)
response.write(“Let’s
set change key for Craw from bird to C”)
if objdictionary.exists(“bird”) then
objdictionary.key(“bird”)=”C”
response.write(“The value stored with
key C is “&objdictionary.item(“C”))
end if
%>