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The copypartialdictionary( function partially copies a dictionary (see Data Dictionaries).

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Parameters

This function has two parameters:

dictionary – is the name of the field or variable that contains the original dictionary (must contain binary data).

key – is the name of the key to copy. If you need to copy more than one key/value pair, more than one key parameter can be used.

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Description

The copypartialdictionary( function takes one or more key names and copies the associated key/value pairs from the original dictionary into a new one. For example, suppose you created a dictionary and stored it in variable named contact.

fileglobal contact,mailto
contact=initializedictionary("First","John","Last","Wilson",
    "Address","3987 Olive","City","Tustin","State","CA","Zip","92841",
    "Phone","562-309-5923","Email","jwilson@someisp.com")

Later, you could use the copypartialdictionary( function to create a second dictionary, called mailto, that contains just the address information (without the phone number, e-mail, or any other entries that may have been added to the original dictionary):

mailto=copypartialdictionary(contact,"Address","City","State","Zip")

Starting with Panorama X 10.2, the copypartialdictionary( function allows the second parameter to be a carriage return separated list of key names. When used this way, there must be only two parameters, not three or more. Here is an alternative version of the code above using this technique.

mailto=copypartialdictionary(contact,commatocr("Address,City,State,Zip"))

The advantage of this alternate method is that you can calculate the list of key names “on-the-fly.” This example creates a new dictionary with only items in the original dictionary that have names that begin with Shipping, for example ShippingAddress, ShippingCity, ShippingPhone, etc.

shipinfo=copypartialdictionary(contact,
    arraystrip(arrayfilter(listdictionarykeys(contact),cr(),
        {?(import() beginswith "Shipping",import(),"")}),cr())

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See Also

• appenddictionaryvalue -- appends a value to an item in a dictionary (see Data Dictionaries).
• changedictionaryname -- changes the name (key) of an item in a dictionary (see Data Dictionaries).
• changedictionaryvalues( -- changes one or more values in a dictionary (see Data Dictionaries).
• classicdictionaryvalue( -- returns the value of an item in the dictionary, given its key (see Data Dictionaries). Unlike getdictionaryvalue(, this function does not treat keys as case sensitive.
• clearglobaldictionaryvalues -- clears (removes) all the keys and values from the specified global dictionary.
• copypartialdictionary -- builds a new dictionary and initializes it with values from an existing dictionary (see Data Dictionaries).
• Data Dictionaries -- Overview of Panorama's key/value data dictionaries.
• deletedictionaryvalue -- deletes a key/value pair from a dictionary (see Data Dictionaries).
• deletedictionaryvalue( -- deletes one or more key/value pairs from a dictionary (see Data Dictionaries).
• deleteglobaldictionaryvalues -- deletes one or more global dictionary values.
• dictionaryassignmentscode( -- returns code that can be used to take the values in a dictionary (see Data Dictionaries) and assign them to fields or variables based on the dictionary keys.
• dictionarydifference -- builds an array that lists keys of dictionary values that are different between two dictionaries (see Data Dictionaries).
• dictionaryfromarray( -- builds a new dictionary and initializes it from a two dimensional text array (see Data Dictionaries and Text Arrays).
• dictionaryfromvariables( -- builds a new dictionary and initializes it from a list of variables (carriage return delimited).
• dictionaryvalueexists -- returns true or false depending on whether or not a key/value pair exists in a dictionary (see Data Dictionaries).
• dictionaryvalueexists( -- returns true or false depending on whether or not a key/value pair exists in a dictionary (see Data Dictionaries).
• dumpdictionary -- returns a carriage return separated array of dictionary keys and values (see Data Dictionaries).
• dumpdictionary( -- returns a carriage return separated array of dictionary keys and values (see Data Dictionaries).
• dumpdictionaryquoted -- returns a carriage return separated array of dictionary keys and values (see Data Dictionaries).
• dumpdictionaryquoted( -- returns a carriage return separated array of dictionary keys and values (see Data Dictionaries). The text values are quoted.
• dumpdictionarysource( -- returns a carriage return separated array of dictionary keys and values (see Data Dictionaries). The keys and values are quoted so that they could be used to re-assemble the dictionary with the initializedictionary( function.
• getdictionarykey -- returns the key of an item in the dictionary, given its value. This is essentially the opposite of the getdictionaryvalue( function (see Data Dictionaries).
• getdictionarykey( -- returns the key of an item in the dictionary, given its value). This is essentially the opposite of the getdictionaryvalue( function (see Data Dictionaries).
• getdictionaryvalue -- returns the value of an item in the dictionary, given its key (see Data Dictionaries).
• getdictionaryvalue( -- returns the value of an item in the dictionary, given its key (see Data Dictionaries).
• getglobaldictionary( -- converts a global dictionary into a regular dictionary.
• getstructurevalue( -- extracts a value from a structure of nested Data Dictionaries and/or Data Arrays.
• Global Dictionaries -- alertnate high performance method to store multiple data items, much faster than regular data dictionaries.
• globaldictionarybuild -- builds a global dictionary by scanning a database.
• globaldictionarykeys( -- returns a cr()-separated array containing the keys in a global dictionary, or the names of all global dictionaries.
• globaldictionaryvalue( -- returns the value of an item in a global dictionary, given its key (see Global Dictionaries).
• info("timerinfo") -- returns a dictionary that contains all of the properties of the currently running timer.
• initializedictionary -- builds a new dictionary and initializes it with one or more key/value entries (see Data Dictionaries).
• initializedictionary( -- builds a new dictionary and initializes it with zero or more key/value entries (see Data Dictionaries).
• initializedictionaryvalue( -- builds a new dictionary and initializes it with one or more entries (see Data Dictionaries). This function is deprecated, we recommend using the initializedictionary( function instead.
• listdictionarykeys( -- returns a list of the keys in a dictionary collection.
• listdictionarynames -- returns a list of the names (keys) in a dictionary (see Data Dictionaries).
• mergedictionaries -- merges the contents of two or more dictionaries (see Data Dictionaries).
• mergedictionaries( -- merges the contents of two or more dictionaries (see Data Dictionaries).
• renamedictionarykey( -- changes the key (name) of one or more values in a dictionary (see Data Dictionaries).
• setdictionaryvalue -- changes a value in a dictionary (see Data Dictionaries).
• setglobaldictionaryvalues -- sets one or more key/value pairs in a global dictionary.
• setlocalsfromdictionary -- converts a dictionary into a collection of local variables. The names and values of the local variables will be derived from the dictionary contents.
• soundinfo( -- returns a dictionary that contains all of the properties of a sound.
• timerinfo( -- returns a dictionary that contains all of the properties of a timer.

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History

Version	Status	Notes
10.2	Updated	If there are only two parameters, the second parameter is now a carriage return delimited list of keys to copy, making it easier to generate the list of keys with a calculation.
10.0	Updated	Carried over from Panorama 6.0, but now available as a function. Also, this operation no longer corrupts the dictionary if the same key is listed more than once.