Dictionary

In Quarkdown, a dictionary is a collection of key-value pairs, without duplicate keys. A key is always a string value, while a value can be of any type.

The syntax for dictionaries recalls the YAML one, as it uses Markdown lists:

- key1: value1
- key2: value2
- key3: value3

If the called function accepts it (.localization for instance), values can be nested dictionaries.

- English:
  - greeting: Hello
  - food: Fish and chips
- Italian:
  - greeting: Ciao
  - food: Pasta

Trailing colons that precede nested dictionaries are not mandatory and can be omitted:

- English
  - greeting: Hello
  - food: Fish and chips
- Italian
  - greeting: Ciao
  - food: Pasta

Operations

A dictionary can be passed to any function that accepts an iterable (it is treated as an iterable of pairs), along with:

• .get {key} {dictionary}
• .get {key} {dictionary} {orelse} (fallback value if the key doesn't exist)