set

set collection's item at index to given value

Parameters

set collection :string :binary :dictionary :object :store :block :bytecode
    index :any
    value :any

Attributes

safeset value, overriding potential magic methods (only for Object values)

Returns

  • :nothing

Examples

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myDict: #[
    name: "John"
    age: 34
]

set myDict 'name "Michael"        ; => [name: "Michael", age: 34]

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arr: [1 2 3 4]
set arr 0 "one"                   ; => ["one" 2 3 4]

arr\1: "dos"                      ; => ["one" "dos" 3 4]

x: 2
arr\[x]: "tres"                   ; => ["one" "dos" "tres" 4]

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str: "hello"
str\0: `x`
print str
; xello

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define :person [
    set: method [what, value][
        ; do some processing...

        set.safe this what value
        ; and actually set the value internally
    ]
]

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