Function kdb_c_api::new_dictionary

pub fn new_dictionary(keys: K, values: K) -> K

Constructor of q dictionary object.

Example

use kdb_c_api::*;
 
#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn create_dictionary() -> K{
  let keys=new_simple_list(qtype::INT, 2);
  keys.as_mut_slice::<I>()[0..2].copy_from_slice(&[0, 1]);
  let values=new_simple_list(qtype::COMPOUND, 2);
  let date_list=new_simple_list(qtype::DATE, 3);
  // 2000.01.01 2000.01.02 2000.01.03
  date_list.as_mut_slice::<I>()[0..3].copy_from_slice(&[0, 1, 2]);
  let string=new_string("I'm afraid I would crash the application...");
  values.as_mut_slice::<K>()[0..2].copy_from_slice(&[date_list, string]);
  new_dictionary(keys, values)
}

q)create_dictionary: `libc_api_examples 2: (`create_dictionary; 1);
q)create_dictionary[]
0| 2000.01.01 2000.01.02 2000.01.03
1| "I'm afraid I would crash the application..."