Initialization and assignment with a numeric index value to an associative array.
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SQL> DECLARE
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4 TYPE months_varray IS VARRAY(12) OF STRING(9 CHAR);
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7 TYPE calendar_table IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(9 CHAR)
8 INDEX BY VARCHAR2(9 CHAR);
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11 month MONTHS_VARRAY := months_varray('January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August');
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14 calendar CALENDAR_TABLE;
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16 BEGIN
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19 IF calendar.COUNT = 0 THEN
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22 FOR i IN month.FIRST..month.LAST LOOP
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26 calendar(month(i)) := '';
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29 DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Index :'||month(i)||' is '||i);
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31 END LOOP;
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34 FOR i IN calendar.FIRST..calendar.LAST LOOP
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36 DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Index :'||i||' is '||calendar(i));
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38 END LOOP;
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42 END;
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Index :January is 1
Index :February is 2
Index :March is 3
Index :April is 4
Index :May is 5
Index :June is 6
Index :July is 7
Index :August is 8
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