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set

Creates a new property on a thing. If the property already exists then the old property will be overwritten. This function is equal to an assignment except that it can be used when the name of the property is dynamic.

This function generates an event.

Function

thing.set(name, value)

Arguments

Argument Type Description
name str (required) The name of the property to set.
value any (required) The value which will be assigned to the property.

Return value

The value which will be assigned.

Example

This code shows how to use set():

[
    .set('the_answer', 42),
    .the_answer,
];

Return value in JSON format

[
    42,
    42
]