label

Returns a structure containing the elements in a list labelled using a sequence of strings.

Syntax

• label(L, names)

  • L is a list

  • names is a list of strings

• label(L[, n1[, ...]])

  • L is a list

  • n1, ... are strings

Description

If L is a list of objects and names a list of the same length containing strings that are valid identifiers, then label(L, names) returns a structure with this many members, the names taken from names and the values from L (in order).

label(L, n1, n2, ...) is a shorthand notation for label(L, '(n1, n2, ...)).

Examples

L ≔ '("Albus Dumbledore", 105, "headmaster")

Albus Dumbledore
105
headmaster

label(L, "name", "age", "role")

name: Albus Dumbledore
age: 105
role: headmaster