Re: How to use associative arrays in Ada 2005?

["Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>]

On 23 Nov 2006 11:27:31 -0800, snoopysalive wrote:

> The statement "Ages.Insert("family name",Insert("name",23));" doesn't
> work. So, how is it possible to do something like this in C++:
> "...
> map<string, map<string,int>> ages;
> ages["family name"]["name"] = 23;
> ..."

But this does not look like a hash of hashes. Rather it is a hash of
StringxString. If so, then you could make a record type with two string
fields and build a hash over it, or alternatively, pack two strings into
one using some delimiter character. To construct such keys you could write
a helper function:

type Key_Type is new String;
function Key (First_Name, Second_Name : String) return Key_Type;
...

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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de