Tcl/Tk 8.5 Programming Cookbook

Searching a dictionary

To iterate over a dictionary, Tcl provides the dict for command. The syntax is as follows:

	dict for {key value} dictionaryValue script

How to do it…

In the following example, we will create a dictionary containing a set of key/value pairs and then using the dict for command return a listing of all key/value pairs using the puts command. Return values from the commands are provided for clarity. Enter the following command:

% set names [dict create 1 John 2 Mary 3 Paul]
1 John 2 Mary 3 Paul

% dict for {id data} $names {
puts "Key $id : Value $data"
}
Key 1 : Value John
Key 2 : Value Mary
Key 3 : Value Paul

How it works…

The dict for command accepts three arguments. The first argument is a two-element list of variable names ...