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Re: Associative array entries order differs from declaration

Started byGreg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
First post2019-08-15 11:32 -0400
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  Re: Associative array entries order differs from declaration Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-08-15 11:32 -0400

#15323 — Re: Associative array entries order differs from declaration

FromGreg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
Date2019-08-15 11:32 -0400
SubjectRe: Associative array entries order differs from declaration
Message-ID<mailman.169.1565883131.30381.bug-bash@gnu.org>
On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 05:26:03PM +0200, Léa Gris wrote:
> Is there a way to control the order of entries in an associative array?

No.

> What rules applies to the order of entries?

None.

If you require both an associative array and an ordered list, then you
will need two different data structures for that.  The ordered list may
be implemented as an indexed array, which preserves ordering.

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