dictionary -- determine the dictionary to which a symbol belongs

Synopsis

Usage:

dictionary x
Inputs:
- x, a thing
Outputs:
- the dictionary to which the symbol x belongs

Description

If x is the value of a symbol recorded in the internal table used to recover global symbol from the values assigned to them, then that symbol is used.

Ways to use dictionary :

dictionary(Keyword)
dictionary(Symbol)
dictionary(Thing)

For the programmer

The object dictionary is a method function.