September 2017 Update

Task/Associative-array-Iteration/Jq/associative-array-iteration.jq

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+def mydict: {"hello":13, "world": 31, "!": 71};
+
+# Iterating over the keys
+mydict | keys[]
+# "!"
+# "hello"
+# "world"
+
+# Iterating over the values:
+mydict[]
+# 13
+# 31
+# 71
+
+# Generating a stream of {"key": key, "value": value} objects:
+mydict | to_entries[]
+# {"key":"hello","value":13}
+# {"key":"world","value":31}
+# {"key":"!","value":71}
+
+# Generating a stream of [key,value] arrays:
+mydict | . as $o | keys[] | [., $o[.]]
+#["!",71]
+#["hello",13]
+#["world",31]
+
+# Generating a stream of [key,value] arrays, without sorting (jq > 1.4 required)
+mydict | . as $o | keys_unsorted[] | [., $o[.]]
+# ["hello",13]
+# ["world",31]
+# ["!",71]