ground:dictionary

This is a small package that adds scope Dictionary

• add(value) Adds a word to the dictionary returns index
• addList(listArray) Adds an array of words to the dictionary
• set(list) Sets the dictionary to a list of words
• withoutInitial Returns list of words except those added at creation eg. var d = new Dictionary('foo', 'bar'); foo+bar will not be returned
• value(index) get value at index
• index(value) get index for value
• exists(value) returns true if value exists in dictionary
• clone clones the list and returns the list of words
• toArray returns the list of words in the dictionary
• toObject returns the word lookup object

Usage

In short:

1  var d = new Dictionary('foo', 'bar');
2  d.add('hello');
3  d.withoutInitial(); // returns ['hello']
4  d.value(0); // return 'foo'
5  d.index('bar'); // return 1
6  d.exists('foo'); // return true
7  d.exists('FOO');  // return false
8  d.clone(); // return cloned word list ['foo', 'bar', 'hello']
9  d.toArray(); // return the word list ['foo', 'bar', 'hello']
10  d.toObject(); // return { 'foo': 0, 'bar': 1, 'hello': 2 }

Where is this used?

This is part of the MiniMax package where MiniMax uses a dictionary to compress data.