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I've always wanted an array or object with range keys like: arr[0–2] = 123; if(arr[1.5555]>122){}



That doesn't seem to be an array at all, if the idea is to check whether a number is within a range. Seems like an interesting data type though, a combination of a range data type and a map/associative array.


I was thinking of a sparse array but any name will do. obj[~42] ?

One may have a bunch of key ranges each associated with a value or one may have a key that should be "rounded" to the nearest key or retreave the one below or above it.

It feels like something basic enough to have in a language and I found it oddly complicated to write myself. Comparing it with all values doesn't seem like a very good solution.

Not that I know many languages.


In Python it’s a colon.


Nice, covers at least some of the abstraction "problem".




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