ref

The ref command is used to retrieve a value from a Dictionary when the key is known or if the position in the Dictionary is known. If two indices are used, the ref command will return either the key or the value at that location.

(ref dict key) Strong Typed: (refStrValue dict index) (refStrKey dict index)

Here are a number of links to Lambda coding examples which contain this instruction in various use cases.

Example_Dictionary_ref_007

This example shows the ref function returns the value of the Dictionary through the key reference. This example uses the (ref aDict key) function syntax.

This example shows the ref function returns the value of the Dictionary through the index reference. This example uses the (ref aDictionary index1) function syntax.

This example shows the ref function returns the key or value of the Dictionary through the index reference. This example uses the (ref aDictionary index1 index2) function syntax.

Here are the links to the data types of the function arguments.

Here are also a number of links to functions having arguments with any of these data types.

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