Topic: Help finding dictionary's names

[danadrian.baluta@yahoo.co]

Hi I'm starting working with dictionaries and I'm stuck with one problem: I couldn't find a command that shows a dictionary's name. By name I mean the custom name that I'm using with dictadd.
Example:
If I write
(setq somedict (entmakex '((0 . "DICTIONARY")(100 . "AcDbDictionary"))))
(setq newdict (dictadd (namedobjdict) "MY_DICT" somedict))
(setq entdict (cdr (assoc -1 adict)))
then I have the entity name for that dictionary.
But, when I entget this entity, I don't get the "MY_DICT" anywhwere.
Can you help me find out where the dictionary name is stored?

Thank you,
Adrian

[ronjonp]

The dictionary name is stored in (namedobjdict)
Use:

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1. (dictsearch (NAMEDOBJDICT) "MY_DICT")

[danadrian.baluta@yahoo.co]

I think I wasn't clear.
(dictsearch (NAMEDOBJDICT) "MY_DICT") returns the entity name, but it assumes I know that my dictionary is called "MY_DICT".
How do in find out the dictionary name, not the entity name?

Thank you,
Adrian

[roy_043]

In that case you can use

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(entget (namedobjdict))
BTW: Please use code tags when appropriate.

[danadrian.baluta@yahoo.co]

Thank you!

It was obvious, but I couldn't see it. I'm used to look inside the entity for for any data about that entity.

And I'll use code tags from now on  .

[ronjonp]

You could use something like this to generate a list of enames and the associated dictionary name.

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1. (vl-remove 'nil
2.            (mapcar '(lambda (x)
3.                       (if (= (car x) 3)
4.                         (cons (cdr (cadr (member x l))) (cdr x))
5.                       )
6.                     )
7.                    (setq l (entget (namedobjdict)))
8.            )
9. )

[danadrian.baluta@yahoo.co]

And thank you ronjonp!

This example also enlightened me on the use of mapcar and lambda .
I've seen them before in some examples and didn't quite understand how were they working together.

[ronjonp]

And thank you ronjonp!

This example also enlightened me on the use of mapcar and lambda .
I've seen them before in some examples and didn't quite understand how were they working together.

Glad to help