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dict.fromList() function	The `dict.fromList()` function creates a dictionary from a list of records with `key` and `value` properties.	/influxdb/v2.0/reference/flux/stdlib/dict/fromlist/ /influxdb/cloud/reference/flux/stdlib/dict/fromlist/	flux_0_x_ref name parent dict.fromList dict	301	0.97.0

The dict.fromList() function creates a dictionary from a list of records with key and value properties.

import "dict"

dict.fromList(pairs: [{key: 1, value: "foo"},{key: 2, value: "bar"}])

Parameters

pairs

({{< req >}}) List of records, each containing key and value properties.

Examples

Create a dictionary from a list of records

import "dict"

// Define a new dictionary using an array of records
d = dict.fromList(pairs: [{key: 1, value: "foo"}, {key: 2, value: "bar"}])

// Return a property of the dictionary
dict.get(dict: d, key: 1, default: "")

// Returns foo