RosettaCodeData/Task/Associative-array-Merging/Scheme/associative-array-merging-1.ss

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; Merge alists by appending the update list onto the front of the base list.
; (The extra '() is so that append doesn't co-opt the second list.)
(define append-alists
(lambda (base update)
(append update base '())))
; Test...
(printf "~%Merge using append procedure...~%")
; The original base and update alists.
(let ((base '(("name" . "Rocket Skates") ("price" . 12.75) ("color" . "yellow" )))
(update '(("price" . 15.25) ("color" . "red") ("year" . 1974))))
; Merge by appending the update list onto the front of the base list.
(let ((merged (append-alists base update)))
; Show that everything worked.
(printf "Merged alist:~%~s~%" merged)
(printf "Values from merged alist:~%")
(let loop ((keys '("name" "price" "color" "year")))
(unless (null? keys)
(printf "~s -> ~s~%" (car keys) (cdr (assoc (car keys) merged)))
(loop (cdr keys))))))