class Hash
Description
A set of key/value pairs.
Hash
can be thought of as an associative array, binding unique keys to
values (which are not necessarily unique), though it can not guarantee
consistent order its elements when iterating. Because of the nature of
JavaScript, every object is in fact a hash; but Hash
adds a number of
methods that let you enumerate keys and values, iterate over key/value
pairs, merge two hashes together, and much more.
Creating a hash
You can create a Hash either via new Hash()
or the convenience alias
$H()
; there is *no* difference between them. In either case, you may
optionally pass in an object to seed the Hash
. If you pass in a Hash
,
it will be cloned.