Merging multiple dictionaries with cell arrays
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How can one merge multiple dictionaries A and B with cell arrays to get C. Ideally, with some warning for clashes.
A = dictionary( ...
    { ...
    "type", ...
    "value" ...
    }, ...
    {...
    "temporary", ...
    1 ...
    } ...
    )
B = dictionary( ...
    { ...
    "color" ...
    }, ...
    {...
    "blue" ...
    } ...
    )
C = dictionary( ...
    { ...
    "type", ...
    "value", ...
    "color" ...
    }, ...
    {...
    "temporary", ...
    1, ...
    "blue" ...
    } ...
    )
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  Stephen23
      
      
 on 3 Jun 2025
        
      Edited: Stephen23
      
      
 on 3 Jun 2025
  
      A = dictionary({"type","value"},{"temporary",1});
B = dictionary({"color"},{"blue"});
If you want to create a new merged dictionary without modifying the originals:
C = dictionary(A.keys, A.values);
C(B.keys) = B.values
If you can modify one of the original dictionaries:
A(B.keys) = B.values
You would have to experiment to find out how it behaves with duplicate keys.
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