dict [function]

dict( [key, value, ...] )

returns a 'dict' (dictionary/hash table) object, containing the even arguments mapped to respective previous arguments

• if no arguments are passed, an empty dictionary is returned
• if an even number of arguments is passed, function returns null and emits a warning
• all even arguments must be strings or convertible to strings

dict( "name", "John", "phone", 1234567890 ); // same as { name = "John", phone = 1234567890 }