what do most languages call a name-value pairing?

[Bush is a Fascist]

Hi all,

What do most languages call a name-value pairing?

Or perhaps my question should be, why not just call it
a name-value pairing? Too many syllables?

Did Knuth invent a handy term for such a thing?

Thanks.
333

[Daniel Dyer]

Re: what do most languages call a name-value pairing?

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:06:44 +0100, Bush is a Fascist <z333r@yahoo.co m>
wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> What do most languages call a name-value pairing?
>
> Or perhaps my question should be, why not just call it
> a name-value pairing? Too many syllables?
>
> Did Knuth invent a handy term for such a thing?
>
> Thanks.
> 333[/color]

A tuple, or 2-tuple in this case, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuple)?

Dan.

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Daniel Dyer

http://www.dandyer.co.uk

[Roedy Green]

Re: what do most languages call a name-value pairing?

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:11:19 +0100, "Daniel Dyer"
<dan@dannospamf ormepleasedyer. co.uk> wrote or quoted :
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>A tuple, or 2-tuple in this case, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuple)?[/color]

that just means an n-tuple, fitting pairs or triples of anything. It
is correct, but does not imply name and value as he requested. )


How about:

named values

keyword parameters as opposed to positional parameters (JCL
terminology)

properties (CSS terminology)

keyword=value

cavies (gnuage whimsy)

[John Dunlop]

Re: what do most languages call a name-value pairing?

Bush is a Fascist wrote:
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> What do most languages call a name-value pairing?[/color]

In your English you call it a 'name-value pairing', if that
helps.

--
Jock

[NC]

Re: what do most languages call a name-value pairing?

Bush is a Fascist wrote:[color=blue]
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> What do most languages call a name-value pairing?[/color]

A symbol table?
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> Or perhaps my question should be, why not just call it
> a name-value pairing? Too many syllables?[/color]

Well, some names (functions, for example) don't have corresponding
values; they correspond to code snippets...

Cheers,
NC

[Tim Van Wassenhove]

Re: what do most languages call a name-value pairing?

On 2005-08-16, Bush is a Fascist <z333r@yahoo.co m> wrote:[color=blue]
> What do most languages call a name-value pairing?[/color]

I would use the term hash or associative array (although these are names
for collections of such name-value pairs).

--
Met vriendelijke groeten,
Tim Van Wassenhove <http://timvw.madoka.be >

[George Cherry]

Re: what do most languages call a name-value pairing?


"Bush is a Fascist" <z333r@yahoo.co m> wrote in message
news:1124222804 .673977.175910@ g14g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=blue]
> Hi all,
>
> What do most languages call a name-value pairing?
>
> Or perhaps my question should be, why not just call it
> a name-value pairing? Too many syllables?[/color]

Mapping.
Map.
Relation.
Function.
Table.
Dictionary.
???????????

[Jim Gibson]

Re: what do most languages call a name-value pairing?

In article <1124235401.210 293.192920@f14g 2000cwb.googleg roups.com>, NC
<nc@iname.com > wrote:
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> Bush is a Fascist wrote:[color=green]
> >
> > What do most languages call a name-value pairing?[/color]
>
> A symbol table?[/color]

Associative array?


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[Roedy Green]

Re: what do most languages call a name-value pairing?

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 20:03:00 -0400, "George Cherry"
<GWCherryHatesG reenEggsAndSpam @alum.mit.edu> wrote or quoted :
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>Mapping.
>Map.
>Relation.
>Function.
>Table.
>Dictionary.[/color]

the Forth term is "vocabulary "

It depend on what the values are. Dictionary implies a definition.
Map implies a correspondence between two sets.
Function implies something that is computed.

What do the SQL people call them?

[Richard Bos]

Re: what do most languages call a name-value pairing?

"Bush is a Fascist" <z333r@yahoo.co m> wrote:
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> What do most languages call a name-value pairing?[/color]

A troll.

Richard

[Thomas G. Marshall]

Re: what do most languages call a name-value pairing?

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[Bush is a Fascist]

Re: what do most languages call a name-value pairing?

>Mapping.[color=blue]
>Map.
>Relation.
>Function.
>Table.
>Dictionary.[/color]

Oh jeez, now I see why I should have *never* sold my
discrete math book back to the college.

Hmm...anybody know of a discrete math cheet sheet
anywhere on the Web?

[Virgil Green]

Re: what do most languages call a name-value pairing?

Bush is a Fascist wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi all,
>
> What do most languages call a name-value pairing?
>
> Or perhaps my question should be, why not just call it
> a name-value pairing? Too many syllables?
>
> Did Knuth invent a handy term for such a thing?
>
> Thanks.
> 333[/color]

I would suggest ... "map"

--
Virgil

[Chung Leong]

Re: what do most languages call a name-value pairing?

I believe it's called a pong lo'laHghach chang'eng in Klingon.

[Joe Smith]

Re: what do most languages call a name-value pairing?

Roedy Green wrote:[color=blue]
> On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 20:03:00 -0400, "George Cherry"
> <GWCherryHatesG reenEggsAndSpam @alum.mit.edu> wrote or quoted :[color=green]
>>Table.
>>Dictionary.[/color]
>
> the Forth term is "vocabulary "
>
> It depend on what the values are. Dictionary implies a definition.[/color]

They're called dictionaries in PostScript.
The value is defined.
-Joe