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<p>The TQAsciiDict class is a template class that provides a dictionary based on char* keys.
<a href="#details">More...</a>
<p><tt>#include &lt;<a href="qasciidict-h.html">ntqasciidict.h</a>&gt;</tt>
<p>Inherits <a href="ntqptrcollection.html">TQPtrCollection</a>.
<p><a href="qasciidict-members.html">List of all member functions.</a>
<h2>Public Members</h2>
<ul>
<li class=fn><a href="#TQAsciiDict"><b>TQAsciiDict</b></a> ( int&nbsp;size = 17, bool&nbsp;caseSensitive = TRUE, bool&nbsp;copyKeys = TRUE )</li>
<li class=fn><a href="#TQAsciiDict-2"><b>TQAsciiDict</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQAsciiDict&lt;type&gt;&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;dict )</li>
<li class=fn><a href="#~TQAsciiDict"><b>~TQAsciiDict</b></a> ()</li>
<li class=fn>TQAsciiDict&lt;type&gt; &amp; <a href="#operator-eq"><b>operator=</b></a> ( const&nbsp;TQAsciiDict&lt;type&gt;&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;dict )</li>
<li class=fn>virtual uint <a href="#count"><b>count</b></a> () const</li>
<li class=fn>uint <a href="#size"><b>size</b></a> () const</li>
<li class=fn>bool <a href="#isEmpty"><b>isEmpty</b></a> () const</li>
<li class=fn>void <a href="#insert"><b>insert</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;key, const&nbsp;type&nbsp;*&nbsp;item )</li>
<li class=fn>void <a href="#replace"><b>replace</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;key, const&nbsp;type&nbsp;*&nbsp;item )</li>
<li class=fn>bool <a href="#remove"><b>remove</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;key )</li>
<li class=fn>type * <a href="#take"><b>take</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;key )</li>
<li class=fn>type * <a href="#find"><b>find</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;key ) const</li>
<li class=fn>type * <a href="#operator[]"><b>operator[]</b></a> ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;key ) const</li>
<li class=fn>virtual void <a href="#clear"><b>clear</b></a> ()</li>
<li class=fn>void <a href="#resize"><b>resize</b></a> ( uint&nbsp;newsize )</li>
<li class=fn>void <a href="#statistics"><b>statistics</b></a> () const</li>
</ul>
<h2>Important Inherited Members</h2>
<ul>
<li class=fn>bool <a href="#autoDelete"><b>autoDelete</b></a> () const</li>
<li class=fn>void <a href="#setAutoDelete"><b>setAutoDelete</b></a> ( bool&nbsp;enable )</li>
</ul>
<h2>Protected Members</h2>
<ul>
<li class=fn>virtual TQDataStream &amp; <a href="#read"><b>read</b></a> ( TQDataStream&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s, TQPtrCollection::Item&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;item )</li>
<li class=fn>virtual TQDataStream &amp; <a href="#write"><b>write</b></a> ( TQDataStream&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s, TQPtrCollection::Item ) const</li>
</ul>
<hr><a name="details"></a><h2>Detailed Description</h2>


The TQAsciiDict class is a template class that provides a dictionary based on char* keys.
<p> 

<p> 
<p> TQAsciiDict is implemented as a template class. Define a template
instance TQAsciiDict&lt;X&gt; to create a dictionary that operates on
pointers to X (X*).
<p> A dictionary is a collection of key-value pairs. The key is a
char* used for insertion, removal and lookup. The value is a
pointer. Dictionaries provide very fast insertion and lookup.
<p> TQAsciiDict cannot handle Unicode keys; use the <a href="ntqdict.html">TQDict</a> template
instead, which uses <a href="ntqstring.html">TQString</a> keys. A TQDict has the same
performace as a TQAsciiDict.
<p> Example:
<pre>
    TQAsciiDict&lt;TQLineEdit&gt; fields; // char* keys, TQLineEdit* values
    fields.<a href="#insert">insert</a>( "forename", new <a href="ntqlineedit.html">TQLineEdit</a>( this ) );
    fields.<a href="#insert">insert</a>( "surname", new <a href="ntqlineedit.html">TQLineEdit</a>( this ) );

    fields["forename"]-&gt;setText( "Homer" );
    fields["surname"]-&gt;setText( "Simpson" );

    <a href="qasciidictiterator.html">TQAsciiDictIterator</a>&lt;TQLineEdit&gt; it( fields ); // See TQAsciiDictIterator
    for( ; it.<a href="qasciidictiterator.html#current">current</a>(); ++it )
        cout &lt;&lt; it.<a href="qasciidictiterator.html#currentKey">currentKey</a>() &lt;&lt; ": " &lt;&lt; it.<a href="qasciidictiterator.html#current">current</a>()-&gt;text() &lt;&lt; endl;
    cout &lt;&lt; endl;

    if ( fields["forename"] &amp;&amp; fields["surname"] )
        cout &lt;&lt; fields["forename"]-&gt;text() &lt;&lt; " " 
            &lt;&lt; fields["surname"]-&gt;text() &lt;&lt; endl;  // Prints "Homer Simpson"

    fields.<a href="#remove">remove</a>( "forename" ); // Does not delete the line edit
    if ( ! fields["forename"] )
        cout &lt;&lt; "forename is not in the dictionary" &lt;&lt; endl;
    </pre>
 
In this example we use a dictionary to keep track of the line
edits we're using. We insert each line edit into the dictionary
with a unique name and then access the line edits via the
dictionary. See <a href="ntqptrdict.html">TQPtrDict</a>, <a href="ntqintdict.html">TQIntDict</a> and <a href="ntqdict.html">TQDict</a>.
<p> See TQDict for full details, including the choice of dictionary
size, and how deletions are handled. 
<p> <p>See also <a href="qasciidictiterator.html">TQAsciiDictIterator</a>, <a href="ntqdict.html">TQDict</a>, <a href="ntqintdict.html">TQIntDict</a>, <a href="ntqptrdict.html">TQPtrDict</a>, <a href="collection.html">Collection Classes</a>, <a href="collection.html">Collection Classes</a>, and <a href="tools.html">Non-GUI Classes</a>.

<hr><h2>Member Function Documentation</h2>
<h3 class=fn><a name="TQAsciiDict"></a>TQAsciiDict::TQAsciiDict ( int&nbsp;size = 17, bool&nbsp;caseSensitive = TRUE, bool&nbsp;copyKeys = TRUE )
</h3>

<p> Constructs a dictionary optimized for less than <em>size</em> entries.
<p> We recommend setting <em>size</em> to a suitably large <a href="primes.html#prime">prime</a> number (a
bit larger than the expected number of entries). This makes the
hash distribution better and will improve lookup performance.
<p> When <em>caseSensitive</em> is TRUE (the default) TQAsciiDict treats
"abc" and "Abc" as different keys; when it is FALSE "abc" and
"Abc" are the same. Case-insensitive comparison only considers the
26 letters in US-ASCII.
<p> If <em>copyKeys</em> is TRUE (the default), the dictionary copies keys
using strcpy(); if it is FALSE, the dictionary just copies the
pointers.

<h3 class=fn><a name="TQAsciiDict-2"></a>TQAsciiDict::TQAsciiDict ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqasciidict.html">TQAsciiDict</a>&lt;type&gt;&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;dict )
</h3>

<p> Constructs a copy of <em>dict</em>.
<p> Each item in <em>dict</em> is inserted into this dictionary. Only the
pointers are copied (shallow copy).

<h3 class=fn><a name="~TQAsciiDict"></a>TQAsciiDict::~TQAsciiDict ()
</h3>

<p> Removes all items from the dictionary and destroys it.
<p> The items are deleted if auto-delete is enabled.
<p> All iterators that access this dictionary will be reset.
<p> <p>See also <a href="ntqptrcollection.html#setAutoDelete">setAutoDelete</a>().

<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="autoDelete"></a>TQPtrCollection::autoDelete () const
</h3>

<p> Returns the setting of the auto-delete option. The default is FALSE.
<p> <p>See also <a href="ntqptrcollection.html#setAutoDelete">setAutoDelete</a>().

<h3 class=fn>void <a name="clear"></a>TQAsciiDict::clear ()<tt> [virtual]</tt>
</h3>

<p> Removes all items from the dictionary.
<p> The removed items are deleted if <a href="ntqptrcollection.html#setAutoDelete">auto-deletion</a> is enabled.
<p> All dictionary iterators that operate on dictionary are reset.
<p> <p>See also <a href="#remove">remove</a>(), <a href="#take">take</a>(), and <a href="ntqptrcollection.html#setAutoDelete">setAutoDelete</a>().

<p>Reimplemented from <a href="ntqptrcollection.html#clear">TQPtrCollection</a>.
<h3 class=fn>uint <a name="count"></a>TQAsciiDict::count () const<tt> [virtual]</tt>
</h3>

<p> Returns the number of items in the dictionary.
<p> <p>See also <a href="#isEmpty">isEmpty</a>().

<p>Reimplemented from <a href="ntqptrcollection.html#count">TQPtrCollection</a>.
<h3 class=fn>type * <a name="find"></a>TQAsciiDict::find ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;key ) const
</h3>

<p> Returns the item associated with <em>key</em>, or 0 if the key does not
exist in the dictionary.
<p> This function uses an internal hashing algorithm to optimize
lookup.
<p> If there are two or more items with equal keys, then the item that
was most recently inserted will be found.
<p> Equivalent to the [] operator.
<p> <p>See also <a href="#operator[]">operator[]</a>().

<h3 class=fn>void <a name="insert"></a>TQAsciiDict::insert ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;key, const&nbsp;type&nbsp;*&nbsp;item )
</h3>

<p> Inserts the <em>key</em> with the <em>item</em> into the dictionary.
<p> Multiple items can have the same key, in which case only the last
item will be accessible using <a href="#operator[]">operator[]</a>().
<p> <em>item</em> may not be 0.
<p> <p>See also <a href="#replace">replace</a>().

<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="isEmpty"></a>TQAsciiDict::isEmpty () const
</h3>

<p> Returns TRUE if the dictionary is empty, i.e. <a href="#count">count</a>() == 0;
otherwise it returns FALSE.
<p> <p>See also <a href="#count">count</a>().

<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqasciidict.html">TQAsciiDict</a>&lt;type&gt;&nbsp;&amp; <a name="operator-eq"></a>TQAsciiDict::operator= ( const&nbsp;<a href="ntqasciidict.html">TQAsciiDict</a>&lt;type&gt;&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;dict )
</h3>

<p> Assigns <em>dict</em> to this dictionary and returns a reference to this
dictionary.
<p> This dictionary is first cleared and then each item in <em>dict</em> is
inserted into this dictionary. Only the pointers are copied
(shallow copy) unless <a href="ntqptrcollection.html#newItem">newItem</a>() has been reimplemented().

<h3 class=fn>type * <a name="operator[]"></a>TQAsciiDict::operator[] ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;key ) const
</h3>

<p> Returns the item associated with <em>key</em>, or 0 if the key does
not exist in the dictionary.
<p> This function uses an internal hashing algorithm to optimize
lookup.
<p> If there are two or more items with equal keys, then the item that
was most recently inserted will be found.
<p> Equivalent to the <a href="#find">find</a>() function.
<p> <p>See also <a href="#find">find</a>().

<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqdatastream.html">TQDataStream</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="read"></a>TQAsciiDict::read ( <a href="ntqdatastream.html">TQDataStream</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s, <a href="ntqptrcollection.html#Item">TQPtrCollection::Item</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;item )<tt> [virtual protected]</tt>
</h3>

<p> Reads a dictionary item from the stream <em>s</em> and returns a
reference to the stream.
<p> The default implementation sets <em>item</em> to 0.
<p> <p>See also <a href="#write">write</a>().

<h3 class=fn>bool <a name="remove"></a>TQAsciiDict::remove ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;key )
</h3>

<p> Removes the item associated with <em>key</em> from the dictionary.
Returns TRUE if successful, i.e. if the key existed in the
dictionary; otherwise returns FALSE.
<p> If there are two or more items with equal keys, then the most
recently inserted item will be removed.
<p> The removed item is deleted if <a href="ntqptrcollection.html#setAutoDelete">auto-deletion</a> is enabled.
<p> All dictionary iterators that refer to the removed item will be
set to point to the next item in the dictionary traversal order.
<p> <p>See also <a href="#take">take</a>(), <a href="#clear">clear</a>(), and <a href="ntqptrcollection.html#setAutoDelete">setAutoDelete</a>().

<h3 class=fn>void <a name="replace"></a>TQAsciiDict::replace ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;key, const&nbsp;type&nbsp;*&nbsp;item )
</h3>

<p> Replaces an item that has a key equal to <em>key</em> with <em>item</em>.
<p> If the item does not already exist, it will be inserted.
<p> <em>item</em> may not be 0.
<p> Equivalent to:
<pre>
        TQAsciiDict&lt;char&gt; dict;
            ...
        if ( dict.<a href="#find">find</a>(key) )
            dict.<a href="#remove">remove</a>( key );
        dict.<a href="#insert">insert</a>( key, item );
    </pre>
 
<p> If there are two or more items with equal keys, then the most
recently inserted item will be replaced.
<p> <p>See also <a href="#insert">insert</a>().

<h3 class=fn>void <a name="resize"></a>TQAsciiDict::resize ( uint&nbsp;newsize )
</h3>

<p> Changes the size of the hashtable to <em>newsize</em>. The contents of
the dictionary are preserved but all iterators on the dictionary
become invalid.

<h3 class=fn>void <a name="setAutoDelete"></a>TQPtrCollection::setAutoDelete ( bool&nbsp;enable )
</h3>

<p> Sets the collection to auto-delete its contents if <em>enable</em> is
TRUE and to never delete them if <em>enable</em> is FALSE.
<p> If auto-deleting is turned on, all the items in a collection are
deleted when the collection itself is deleted. This is convenient
if the collection has the only pointer to the items.
<p> The default setting is FALSE, for safety. If you turn it on, be
careful about copying the collection - you might find yourself
with two collections deleting the same items.
<p> Note that the auto-delete setting may also affect other functions
in subclasses. For example, a subclass that has a <a href="#remove">remove</a>()
function will remove the item from its data structure, and if
auto-delete is enabled, will also delete the item.
<p> <p>See also <a href="ntqptrcollection.html#autoDelete">autoDelete</a>().

<p>Examples: <a href="grapher-nsplugin-example.html#x2769">grapher/grapher.cpp</a>, <a href="scribble-example.html#x924">scribble/scribble.cpp</a>, and <a href="bigtable-example.html#x1291">table/bigtable/main.cpp</a>.
<h3 class=fn>uint <a name="size"></a>TQAsciiDict::size () const
</h3>

<p> Returns the size of the internal hash array (as specified in the
constructor).
<p> <p>See also <a href="#count">count</a>().

<h3 class=fn>void <a name="statistics"></a>TQAsciiDict::statistics () const
</h3>

<p> Debugging-only function that prints out the dictionary
distribution using <a href="ntqapplication.html#qDebug">tqDebug</a>().

<h3 class=fn>type * <a name="take"></a>TQAsciiDict::take ( const&nbsp;char&nbsp;*&nbsp;key )
</h3>

<p> Takes the item associated with <em>key</em> out of the dictionary
without deleting it (even if <a href="ntqptrcollection.html#setAutoDelete">auto-deletion</a> is enabled).
<p> If there are two or more items with equal keys, then the most
recently inserted item will be taken.
<p> Returns a pointer to the item taken out, or 0 if the key does not
exist in the dictionary.
<p> All dictionary iterators that refer to the taken item will be set
to point to the next item in the dictionary traversal order.
<p> <p>See also <a href="#remove">remove</a>(), <a href="#clear">clear</a>(), and <a href="ntqptrcollection.html#setAutoDelete">setAutoDelete</a>().

<h3 class=fn><a href="ntqdatastream.html">TQDataStream</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a name="write"></a>TQAsciiDict::write ( <a href="ntqdatastream.html">TQDataStream</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;s, <a href="ntqptrcollection.html#Item">TQPtrCollection::Item</a> ) const<tt> [virtual protected]</tt>
</h3>

<p> Writes a dictionary item to the stream <em>s</em> and returns a
reference to the stream.
<p> <p>See also <a href="#read">read</a>().

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