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diff --git a/doc/classes/Dictionary.xml b/doc/classes/Dictionary.xml index 6f2ad5205c..9842288d35 100644 --- a/doc/classes/Dictionary.xml +++ b/doc/classes/Dictionary.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Dictionary type. </brief_description> <description> - Dictionary type. Associative container which contains values referenced by unique keys. Dictionaries are composed of pairs of keys (which must be unique) and values. Dictionaries will preserve the insertion order when adding elements, even though this may not be reflected when printing the dictionary. In other programming languages, this data structure is sometimes referred to as a hash map or associative array. + Dictionary type. Associative container, which contains values referenced by unique keys. Dictionaries are composed of pairs of keys (which must be unique) and values. Dictionaries will preserve the insertion order when adding elements. In other programming languages, this data structure is sometimes referred to as a hash map or associative array. You can define a dictionary by placing a comma-separated list of [code]key: value[/code] pairs in curly braces [code]{}[/code]. Erasing elements while iterating over them [b]is not supported[/b] and will result in undefined behavior. [b]Note:[/b] Dictionaries are always passed by reference. To get a copy of a dictionary which can be modified independently of the original dictionary, use [method duplicate]. @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ </constructor> <constructor name="Dictionary"> <return type="Dictionary" /> - <argument index="0" name="from" type="Dictionary" /> + <param index="0" name="from" type="Dictionary" /> <description> Constructs a [Dictionary] as a copy of the given [Dictionary]. </description> @@ -205,30 +205,38 @@ </method> <method name="duplicate" qualifiers="const"> <return type="Dictionary" /> - <argument index="0" name="deep" type="bool" default="false" /> + <param index="0" name="deep" type="bool" default="false" /> <description> - Creates a copy of the dictionary, and returns it. The [code]deep[/code] parameter causes inner dictionaries and arrays to be copied recursively, but does not apply to objects. + Creates a copy of the dictionary, and returns it. The [param deep] parameter causes inner dictionaries and arrays to be copied recursively, but does not apply to objects. </description> </method> <method name="erase"> <return type="bool" /> - <argument index="0" name="key" type="Variant" /> + <param index="0" name="key" type="Variant" /> <description> Erase a dictionary key/value pair by key. Returns [code]true[/code] if the given key was present in the dictionary, [code]false[/code] otherwise. [b]Note:[/b] Don't erase elements while iterating over the dictionary. You can iterate over the [method keys] array instead. </description> </method> + <method name="find_key" qualifiers="const"> + <return type="Variant" /> + <param index="0" name="value" type="Variant" /> + <description> + Returns the first key whose associated value is equal to [param value], or [code]null[/code] if no such value is found. + [b]Note:[/b] [code]null[/code] is also a valid key. If you have it in your [Dictionary], the [method find_key] method can give misleading results. + </description> + </method> <method name="get" qualifiers="const"> <return type="Variant" /> - <argument index="0" name="key" type="Variant" /> - <argument index="1" name="default" type="Variant" default="null" /> + <param index="0" name="key" type="Variant" /> + <param index="1" name="default" type="Variant" default="null" /> <description> Returns the current value for the specified key in the [Dictionary]. If the key does not exist, the method returns the value of the optional default argument, or [code]null[/code] if it is omitted. </description> </method> <method name="has" qualifiers="const"> <return type="bool" /> - <argument index="0" name="key" type="Variant" /> + <param index="0" name="key" type="Variant" /> <description> Returns [code]true[/code] if the dictionary has a given key. [b]Note:[/b] This is equivalent to using the [code]in[/code] operator as follows: @@ -251,7 +259,7 @@ </method> <method name="has_all" qualifiers="const"> <return type="bool" /> - <argument index="0" name="keys" type="Array" /> + <param index="0" name="keys" type="Array" /> <description> Returns [code]true[/code] if the dictionary has all the keys in the given array. </description> @@ -293,10 +301,10 @@ </method> <method name="merge"> <return type="void" /> - <argument index="0" name="dictionary" type="Dictionary" /> - <argument index="1" name="overwrite" type="bool" default="false" /> + <param index="0" name="dictionary" type="Dictionary" /> + <param index="1" name="overwrite" type="bool" default="false" /> <description> - Adds elements from [code]dictionary[/code] to this [Dictionary]. By default, duplicate keys will not be copied over, unless [code]overwrite[/code] is [code]true[/code]. + Adds elements from [param dictionary] to this [Dictionary]. By default, duplicate keys will not be copied over, unless [param overwrite] is [code]true[/code]. </description> </method> <method name="size" qualifiers="const"> @@ -315,20 +323,23 @@ <operators> <operator name="operator !="> <return type="bool" /> - <argument index="0" name="right" type="Dictionary" /> + <param index="0" name="right" type="Dictionary" /> <description> + Returns [code]true[/code] if the dictionaries differ, i.e. their key or value lists are different (including the order). </description> </operator> <operator name="operator =="> <return type="bool" /> - <argument index="0" name="right" type="Dictionary" /> + <param index="0" name="right" type="Dictionary" /> <description> + Returns [code]true[/code] if both dictionaries have the same contents, i.e. their keys list and value list are equal. </description> </operator> <operator name="operator []"> <return type="Variant" /> - <argument index="0" name="key" type="Variant" /> + <param index="0" name="key" type="Variant" /> <description> + Returns a value at the given [param key] or [code]null[/code] and error if the key does not exist. For safe access, use [method get] or [method has]. </description> </operator> </operators> |