numEntries

Number of key-value pairs in dictionary.

Syntax

• n = numEntries(d)

Input argument

• d - scalar: dictionary object.

Output argument

• n - scalar: number of entries.

Description

n = numEntries(d) retrieves the number of key-value pairs stored in the dictionary.

If d is an unconfigured dictionary, then numEntries returns 0.

Example

names = ["Biil" "John" "Yann"];
wheels = [1 2 3];
d = dictionary(wheels, names)
n = numEntries(d)

See also

dictionary, entries, keys, values.

History

Author

Allan CORNET