;;; empty associative array
#empty
; or short form
#e

;;; creating the new empty associative array
(define empty-map #empty)

;;; creating associative array with values
(define my-map (pairs->ff '(
   (1 . 100)
   (2 . 200)
   (7 . 777))))
;;; or in short form (available from Ol version 2.1)
(define my-map {
   1 100
   2 200
   7 777})

;;; add new key-value pair to the existing associative array
(define my-new-map (put my-map 'the-key 'the-value))

;;; print our arrays
(print empty-map)
; ==> #()

(print my-map)
; ==> #((1 . 100) (2 . 200) (7 . 777))

(print my-new-map)
; ==> #((1 . 100) (2 . 200) (7 . 777) (the-key . the-value))