I tend to forget that since TPair – introduced in Delphi 2009 – has had a TPair.Create(Key, Value)record initialiser since Delphi 2010, though only fully documented since Delphi XE4:
- [WayBack] Delphi 2009: Generics.Collections.TPair Record – no Create constructor
- [Archive.is] Generics.Collections.TPair – RAD Studio 2010 VCL Reference – only Pascal documentation if the Create intisialiser
- [Archive.is] System.Generics.Collections.TPair.Create – XE2 API Documentation – only C++ documentation
- [Archive.is] System.Generics.Collections.TPair.Create – RAD Studio XE4 API Documentation – added Pascal documentation to the C++ documentation
With some spart short methods, Cosmin Prund shows a really nice helper at [WayBack] delphi – TDictionary populated during create example code – Stack Overflow allowing a call like this:
with TDictHelper<Integer, string> do Dict := Make([P(1, 'one'), P(2, 'two')]);
His answer has all the details (including describing the pros and conse), so here is only the helper:
uses SysUtils, Generics.Collections; type TDictHelper<Key, Value> = class public class function P(const K:Key; const V:Value): TPair<Key, Value>; class function Make(init: array of TPair<Key, Value>): TDictionary<Key, Value>;overload; class function Make(KeyArray: array of Key; ValueArray: array of Value): TDictionary<Key, Value>;overload; end; { TDictHelper<Key, Value> } class function TDictHelper<Key, Value>.Make(init: array of TPair<Key, Value>): TDictionary<Key, Value>; var P: TPair<Key, Value>; begin Result := TDictionary<Key, Value>.Create; for P in init do Result.AddOrSetValue(P.Key, P.Value); end; class function TDictHelper<Key, Value>.Make(KeyArray: array of Key; ValueArray: array of Value): TDictionary<Key, Value>; var i:Integer; begin if Length(KeyArray) <> Length(ValueArray) then raise Exception.Create('Number of keys does not match number of values.'); Result := TDictionary<Key, Value>.Create; for i:=0 to High(KeyArray) do Result.AddOrSetValue(KeyArray[i], ValueArray[i]); end; class function TDictHelper<Key, Value>.P(const K: Key; const V: Value): TPair<Key, Value>; begin Result := TPair<Key, Value>.Create(K, V); end;
–jeroen
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