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Arrays and Dictionaries

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Almost every program needs to accept data so it can manipulate that data and calculate a useful result. The simplest way to store data temporarily is through variables that can store numbers or text strings. However, what if you need to store multiple chunks of data such as a list of names or a list of product numbers? You could create multiple variables like this:

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Wang, W. (2015). Arrays and Dictionaries. In: Swift OS X Programming for Absolute Beginners. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1233-2_9

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