The createStringDict() function is used to create a p5.StringDict instance with the given data. The data can be individually passed as a key-value pair or given as a collection of values using an object.
Syntax:
createStringDict(key, value)
or
createStringDict(object)
Parameters:
- key: It specifies the string that is used as the key in the dictionary.
- value: It specifies the string that is used as the value in the dictionary.
- object: It specifies the object that is used as the dictionary.
Return Value: It returns a p5.StringDict object with the given data.
The program below illustrate the createStringDict() function in p5.js:
Example 1:
javascript
function setup() { createCanvas(500, 200); textSize(20); // Creating a string dictionary // with the given key and value pair let mydict = createStringDict( "title" , "GeeksForGeeks" ); // Accessing the data using the data property text( 'The dictionary has the following data under "title":' , 20, 20); text(mydict.data.title, 20, 40); // Checking if a key exists in the dictionary text( 'The dictionary has the "title" key present:' , 20, 80); text(mydict.hasKey( "title" ), 20, 100); text( 'The dictionary has the "author" key present:' , 20, 140); text(mydict.hasKey( "author" ), 20, 160); } |
Output:
Example 2:
javascript
function setup() { createCanvas(600, 200); textSize(20); let obj = { book: "Let Us C" , author: "Yashavant Kanetkar" , language: "English" } // Creating a string dictionary // with the above object let mydict = createStringDict(obj); // Accessing the data using the data property text( 'The dictionary has the following data under "title":' , 20, 20); text(mydict.data.book, 20, 40); text( 'The dictionary has the following data under "author":' , 20, 80); text(mydict.data.author, 20, 100); text( 'The dictionary has the following data under "language":' , 20, 140); text(mydict.data.language, 20, 160); } |
Output:
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Reference: https://p5js.org/reference/#/p5/createStringDict