# Setting up Dict example puzzled by syntax and functionality

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/setting-up-dict-example-puzzled-by-syntax-and-functionality/76823
**Category:** New to Julia
**Tags:** dictionary
**Created:** [February 20, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/setting-up-dict-example-puzzled-by-syntax-and-functionality/76823 "2022-02-20T22:08:42Z")
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### Author: ![mthelm85](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mthelm85/32/224164_2.png) [@mthelm85](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mthelm85)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/setting-up-dict-example-puzzled-by-syntax-and-functionality/76823/16 "2022-02-21T02:17:19Z")

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[The code that you are referencing](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interactive-data-table-in-pluto-jl-via-a-silly-hack/44678/25) has a very specific purpose - to wrangle CSV data into a _very specific_ format using Julia `Dict`s, so that it can then be written to a _very specific_ JSON format that is expected by a [Vuetify data table](https://vuetifyjs.com/en/components/data-tables/). Its sole purpose is to allow you to display a nice, interactive data table inside of a Pluto notebook and it’s certainly not something you would typically do…in other words, it’s about the worst example you could have found if you are trying to understand Julia `Dict`s and how one _typically_ uses them…to be fair though, I think if you read from the beginning of that thread, the purpose of that piece of code is quite clear…

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