The V Book

Maps

mut m := map[string]int{} // a map with `string` keys and `int` values
m['one'] = 1
m['two'] = 2
println(m['one']) // "1"
println(m['bad_key']) // "0"
println('bad_key' in m) // Use `in` to detect whether such key exists
println(m.keys()) // ['one', 'two']
m.delete('two')

Maps can have keys of type string, rune, integer, float or voidptr.

The whole map can be initialized using this short syntax:

numbers := {
	'one': 1
	'two': 2
}
println(numbers)

If a key is not found, a zero value is returned by default:

sm := {
	'abc': 'xyz'
}
val := sm['bad_key']
println(val) // ''

intm := {
	1: 1234
	2: 5678
}
s := intm[3]
println(s) // 0

It's also possible to use an or {} block to handle missing keys:

mm := map[string]int{}
val := mm['bad_key'] or { panic('key not found') }

The same optional check applies to arrays:

arr := [1, 2, 3]
large_index := 999
val := arr[large_index] or { panic('out of bounds') }
println(val)
// you can also do this, if you want to *propagate* the access error:
val2 := arr[333] ?
println(val2)