Maps

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
    // To create an empty map, use the builtin make: make(map[key-type]val-type).
    m := make(map[string]int)

    // Set key/value pairs using typical name[key] = val syntax.
    m["k1"] = 7
    m["k2"] = 13

    // Printing a map with e.g. fmt.Println will show all of its key/value pairs.
    fmt.Println("map:", m)

    // Get a value for a key with name[key].
    v1 := m["k1"]
    fmt.Println("v1: ", v1)

    // The builtin len returns the number of key/value pairs when called on a map.
    fmt.Println("len:", len(m))

    // The builtin delete removes key/value pairs from a map.
    delete(m, "k2")
    fmt.Println("map:", m)

    // The optional second return value when getting a value from a map indicates if the key was present in the map.
    // This can be used to disambiguate between missing keys and keys with zero values like 0 or "".
    // Here we didn’t need the value itself, so we ignored it with the blank identifier _.
    _, prs := m["k2"]
    fmt.Println("prs:", prs)

    // You can also declare and initialize a new map in the same line with this syntax.
    n := map[string]int{"foo": 1, "bar": 2}
    fmt.Println("map:", n)
}

mut m := map[string]int // Only maps with string keys are allowed for now 
m['one'] = 1
m['two'] = 2
println(m['one']) // "1" 
println(m['bad_key']) // "0" 
println('bad_key' in m) // Use `in` to detect whether such key exists
m.delete('two')

numbers := {
	'one': 1,
	'two': 2,
}