Command: put_d

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Name:
 put_d - Add an entry to a dictionary
Synopsis:
 <> /key val -> <>
Description:
     put_d adds the pair /key value to the supplied dictionary.
     If /key was already defined in that dictionary, its old
     value is lost.

     In contrast to PostScript dictionaries, only literal names can
     be used as keys in a dictionary.
Parameters:
     dict - a dictionary
     /key - a literal name
     val  - an object of arbitrary type
Examples:
     
     userdict /a 1 put_d 
     << >> /a 1 put_d
Diagnostics:
     No errors are raised.
Author:
     Marc-Oliver Gewaltig
SeeAlso:get_d known dict <<>> clonedict
Source:
 /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/nest-2.4.1/sli/slidict.cc

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