p5.js createStringDict() Function

Last Updated : 25 Apr, 2025

The createStringDict() function is used to create a p5.StringDict instance with the given data. The data can be individually passed as a key-value pair or given as a collection of values using an object.

Syntax:

createStringDict(key, value)

createStringDict(object)

Parameters:

key: It specifies the string that is used as the key in the dictionary.
value: It specifies the string that is used as the value in the dictionary.
object: It specifies the object that is used as the dictionary.

Return Value: It returns a p5.StringDict object with the given data.
The program below illustrate the createStringDict() function in p5.js:
Example 1:

javascript

function setup() {
  createCanvas(500, 200);
  textSize(20);

  // Creating a string dictionary
  // with the given key and value pair
  let mydict = createStringDict("title", "GeeksForGeeks");

  // Accessing the data using the data property
  text('The dictionary has the following data under "title":', 20, 20);
  text(mydict.data.title, 20, 40);

  // Checking if a key exists in the dictionary
  text('The dictionary has the "title" key present:', 20, 80);
  text(mydict.hasKey("title"), 20, 100);

  text('The dictionary has the "author" key present:', 20, 140);
  text(mydict.hasKey("author"), 20, 160);
}

Output:

Example 2:

javascript

function setup() {
  createCanvas(600, 200);
  textSize(20);

  let obj = {
    book: "Let Us C",
    author: "Yashavant Kanetkar",
    language: "English"
  }

  // Creating a string dictionary
  // with the above object
  let mydict = createStringDict(obj);

  // Accessing the data using the data property
  text('The dictionary has the following data under "title":', 20, 20);
  text(mydict.data.book, 20, 40);
  
  text('The dictionary has the following data under "author":', 20, 80);
  text(mydict.data.author, 20, 100);
  
  text('The dictionary has the following data under "language":', 20, 140);
  text(mydict.data.language, 20, 160);
}