Create a Dictionary from Arrays of Keys and Values
Like so:
keys = ["a", "b", "j"]
vals = [1, 42, 9]
yourdic = Dict(zip(keys, vals))
The returned Dict will be of type Dict{String, Int}
(i.e. Dict{String, Int64}
on my system), since keys is a Vector of String
s and vals is a Vector of Int
s.
If you want the Dict to have less specific types, e.g. AbstractString
and Real
, you can do:
Dict{AbstractString, Real}(zip(keys, vals))
If you have pairs in a single array:
dpairs = ["a", 1, "b", 42, "j", 9]
you can do:
Dict(dpairs[i]=>dpairs[i+1] for i in 1:2:length(dpairs))
the same syntax as above applies to get less specific types, e.g.:
Dict{Any, Number}(dpairs[i]=>dpairs[i+1] for i in 1:2:length(dpairs))