command assocArray
    local tArray
    put "value 1" into tArray["key 1"]
    put 123 into tArray["key numbers"]
    put "a,b,c" into tArray["abc"]

    put "number of elements:" && the number of elements of tArray & return & \
          "length of item 3:" && the length of tArray["abc"] & return & \
          "keys:" && the keys of tArray
end assocArray