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[[wikipedia:Key-value pair|Key-value pair]] is a fundamental data type, which only specifies a relationship between a '''name''' or '''key''' with a '''value'''. It can be thought of as a kind of [[hashtable]] or [[dictionary]] data type, and can be used to implement [[S-expression]]s | [[wikipedia:Key-value pair|Key-value pair]] is a fundamental data type, which only specifies a relationship between a '''name''' or '''key''' with a '''value'''. It can be thought of as a kind of [[hashtable]] or [[dictionary]] data type, and can be used to implement [[S-expression]]s. The ultimate [[meta-language]] [[Backus-Naur form]] is basically a collection of [[key=value pair]]s. | ||
A collection of [[key=value pair]]s can also be considered as a lookup table or a [[dictionary]] data type, the description of [[key-value pair]]'s plural form is described as follows: {{:Key-value pairs}}. | |||
It is known that [[ordered pair]]s of data was used to construct [[matrix algebra]]<ref>{{:Paper/Accounting Games}}</ref>. | It is known that [[ordered pair]]s of data was used to construct [[matrix algebra]]<ref>{{:Paper/Accounting Games}}</ref>. | ||
Revision as of 12:03, 13 May 2022
Key-value pair is a fundamental data type, which only specifies a relationship between a name or key with a value. It can be thought of as a kind of hashtable or dictionary data type, and can be used to implement S-expressions. The ultimate meta-language Backus-Naur form is basically a collection of key=value pairs.
A collection of key=value pairs can also be considered as a lookup table or a dictionary data type, the description of key-value pair's plural form is described as follows: Key-value pairs is the plural form of Key-value pair, A key-value pairs can be considered as a function, a hash table, or a dictionary.
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It is known that ordered pairs of data was used to construct matrix algebra[1].
Industry Examples of Nested Key-value pairs
The yaml, Yet Another Markup Language, is a typical realization of denoting key-value pairs in a highly popular language in the world of Infrastructure as code. JSON, the JavaScript Serial Object Notation, is another kind of nested key-value pairs. JSON's expressiveness is basically equivalent to yaml.
Backus-Naur Form
Backus-Naur Form(Q211577), often abbreviated as BNF, is one of the two main notation techniques for context-free grammars in computer science.
BNF is a formal language that can be denoted in a collection of key-value pairs. For instance:
<symbol> ::= __expression__
In the example shown above, <symbol> denotes a key, and __expression__ denotes a value.
<symbol>is a nonterminal (variable) and the__expression__consists of one or more sequences of either terminal or nonterminal symbols;=::=means that the symbol on the left must be replaced with the expression on the right.- more sequences of symbols are separated by the vertical bar "|", indicating an alternation choice, the whole being a possible substitution for the symbol on the left.
Symbols that never appear on a left side are terminals. On the other hand, symbols that appear on a left side are non-terminals and are always enclosed between the pair <>.
Associative Array
Associative array is a kind of table, like Table in Lua, which is stored as a set of key-value pairs.
References
- ↑ Vysotskaya, Anna (July 24, 2018). "Accounting Games: Using Matrix Algebra in Creating the Accounting Models". local page: Mathematics.