map.SetAt()

Syntax

void map.SetAt(string key, any new-value)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
key (required)	string	The key whose associated value is set.
new-value (required)	any	The new value to be associated with the key.

Returns

The method does not have a return value.

Remarks

You can use the [] indexing operator to set and re-set the value associated with a specific key in a map, or to add a new key-value pair to the map.

Sample

mapSample.rfs

var petCat = map.New();
trace "This is our map so far:", petCat;
petCat.SetAt("age", 3);
petCat.SetAt("name", "Fjord");
petCat.SetAt("weight", 2);
// re-setting the weight value
petCat["weight"] = 25;
// adding a new key-value pair
petCat["sex"] = "female";
trace "This is our map now:", petCat;

"This is our map so far:", {}
"This is our map now:", {age: 3, name: "Fjord", weight: 25, sex: "female"}

Figure 408. The petCat map has been updated and extended with the sex key

Developer Documentation

The map data type