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A Tinderbox Reference File : Automating Tinderbox : Coding : Action Code : Punctuation and special characters in definitions, actions and expressions : Square brackets: dictionary keys with multiple values

Square brackets: dictionary keys with multiple values

Another case where a nested list might be used is where a dictionary key's value is a list:

$MyDictionary = {dog:terrier;boat:yawl;fruit:[apple;pear]};

$MyFruit = $MyDictionary[fruit][1];

returns 'pear', the second item in the (zero-indexed) list that is the value of key 'fruit'.