Dictionary

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DESCRIPTION

The Dictionary class is a type of ordered Hash, which keeps it's contents in a customizable order.

FEATURES/ISSUES

• Order is customizable.
• Compatable with Hash API.

RELEASE NOTES

Please see RELEASE file.

SYNOPSIS

require 'dictionary'

dict = Dictionary.new
dict['z'] = 1
dict['y'] = 2
dict['x'] = 3

dict.order_by{ |k,v| k }

dict.keys         #=> ['x', 'y', 'z']
dict.values       #=> [3, 2, 1]

HOW TO INSTALL

To install with RubyGems simply open a console and type:

gem install dictionary

Local installation requires Setup.rb (gem install setup), then download the tarball package and type:

tar -xvzf dictionary-1.0.0.tgz
cd dictionary-1.0.0.tgz
sudo setup.rb all

Windows users use 'ruby setup.rb all'.

LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2005 Jan Molic

This program is ditributed unser the terms of the LGPL license.

See LICENSE file for details.