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Discussion on: Daily Challenge #56 - Coffee Shop

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George

What is the name for the

{a:'A', b:'B', c:'C'}[value]

notation? I seem to have managed to avoid seeing this for years!

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aayzio • Edited

The {} operator would define a map. In the solution that would be a map of float type keys for string type values. The [ ] is then used to access a particular key.

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George

Awesome, thank you!

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aayzio

You're welcome!