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Maps
Declaration

Define an empty map

groovy
def map = [:]
Map map = new HashMap();

Define an unmodifiable empty map

groovy
empty = Collections.EMPTY_MAP
map = [:].asImmutable()
def empty = MapUtils.EMPTY_SORTED_MAP
def empty = ImmutableMap.of()

Define an initial map

Define the map {circle:1, triangle:3, square:4}
groovy
shapes = [circle:1, triangle:3, square:4]
// if you require a specific type of map ...
LinkedHashMap shapes1 = [circle:1, triangle:3, square:4]
Properties shapes2 = [circle:1, triangle:3, square:4]
TreeMap shapes3 = [circle:1, triangle:3, square:4]
shapes4 = [circle:1, triangle:3, square:4] as ConcurrentHashMap // as variation
Access

Check if a key exists in a map

Given a map pets {joe:cat,mary:turtle,bill:canary} print "ok" if an pet exists for "mary"
groovy
pets = [joe:'cat', mary:'turtle', bill:'canary']
if(pets.containsKey('mary')) println 'ok'
pets = [joe:'cat', mary:'turtle', bill:'canary']
if(pets.mary) println 'ok'

Retrieve a value from a map

Given a map pets {joe:cat,mary:turtle,bill:canary} print the pet for "joe" ("cat")
groovy
pets = [joe:'cat', mary:'turtle', bill:'canary']
assert pets['joe'] == 'cat'
assert pets.joe == 'cat'

Add an entry to a map

Given an empty pets map, add the mapping from "rob" to "dog"
groovy
pets['rob'] = 'dog'
pets.rob = 'dog'
pets.put('rob', 'dog')

Remove an entry from a map

Given a map pets {joe:cat,mary:turtle,bill:canary} remove the mapping for "bill" and print "canary"
groovy
pets = [joe:'cat', mary:'turtle', bill:'canary']
println pets.remove('bill')
Algorithms

Create a histogram map from a list

Given the list [a,b,a,c,b,b], produce a map {a:2, b:3, c:1} which contains the count of each unique item in the list
groovy
histogram = [:]
list.each { item ->
if (!histogram.containsKey(item)) histogram[item] = 0
histogram[item]++
}
histogram = [:]
list.each { histogram[it] = (histogram[it] ?: 0) + 1 }

Categorise a list

Given the list [one, two, three, four, five] produce a map {3:[one, two], 4:[four, five], 5:[three]} which sorts elements into map entries based on their length
groovy
map = ['one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five'].groupBy{ it.size() }