.BG
.FN .Dictionary
.TL
Create a Dictionary
.CS
\&.Dictionary(names, where)
.AG names
a list of object names identifying which objects should be included
in the dictionary.
.AG where
a character string giving the file to be created as the dfile (the
concatenation of all the objects in the dictionary).
By default, the file `.dfile'
is created in the working directory.
.RT
list, giving the names of the objects, their offsets in the dfile, and
the prehashing of their names.
In the standard use, the value is assigned to
.Co \&.dictionary ,
with the result that S will be able to use the dictionary as an
efficient alternative
way to access the objects named.
.SE
The dfile is written.
.EX
\&.dictionary <- .Dictionary(list) # the standard use
.KW programming
.WR
