Re: Octave and Database connectivity

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Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh <at> octave.org> writes:

> 
> On 22 September 2012 07:01, Sergei Steshenko <sergstesh <at> yahoo.com> wrote:
> > But isn't Octave's struct an equivalent of Python's dict functionality ?
> 
> Sort of. You can only use strings as keys in a struct. You can use any
> hashable type in Python as keys.

Also, Python's dict is built into the syntax, which can make certain operations
a lot more elegant.  For example, counting words with a dict in python (assuming
words in a list, untested, probably could shorten with ifelse() ):

for word in words:
    cdict[word] += 1

Counting words the same in Octave (words in a 1xN cell array, untested):

for word in words
    if isfield(cstruct, word)
        cstruct = setfield(cstruct, word, getfield(cstruct, word)+1))
    else 
        cstruct = setfield(cstruct, word, 1)
    endif
endfor

dicts would go in my list of things for octaveng (ng = next generation), along
with reference syntax for pass by reference, and named parameters, and python
style classes.