Merge pull request #1786 from actonlang/abe-dict-copy

AbE: explain how to copy a dict
actonlang · Apr 13, 2024 · 1923dfe · 1923dfe
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diff --git a/docs/acton-by-example/src/primitives/dicts.md b/docs/acton-by-example/src/primitives/dicts.md
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ actor main(env):
     print("Pop last item:", d.popitem())
     print("Dict after .popitem():", d)
 
+    # Get a shallow copy of a dict. Note the use of .items() to get keys and values
+    new_d = dict(d.items())
+
     env.exit(0)
 ```