Association list
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title:
Association list
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In computer programming and particularly in Lisp, an association list, often referred to as an alist, is a linked list in which each list element comprises a key and a value. The association list is said to associate the value with the key. In order to find the value associated with a given key, a sequential search is used: each element of the list is searched in turn, starting at the head, until the key is found. Associative lists provide a simple way of implementing an associative array, but a
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_list
date created:
2003-12-09T02:59:40Z
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2024-09-09T16:36:15Z
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