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association list

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.82 in modern English

Syllables
as-so-ci-a-tion list
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A data structure that associates keys with data; implemented as a list whose members are paired storage locations (cons cells), one element of which (the car) contains the key and the other element of which (the cdr) contains the keyed data.

Inflected Forms

association lists (plural)

Synonyms

alist

Questions

What does association list mean?
A data structure that associates keys with data; implemented as a list whose members are paired storage locations (cons cells), one element of which (the car) contains the key and the other element of which (the cdr) contains the keyed data.

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