From cd30d1889f2bae34f17231b9cabe665edd57e7ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Merry <bmerry@sarao.ac.za>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 14:50:05 +0200
Subject: Document that dicts can be indexed with []

---
 docs/markdown/Syntax.md | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Syntax.md b/docs/markdown/Syntax.md
index 9958db542..b69ad00ae 100644
--- a/docs/markdown/Syntax.md
+++ b/docs/markdown/Syntax.md
@@ -454,6 +454,15 @@ Keys must be unique:
 my_dict = {'foo': 42, 'foo': 43}
 ```
 
+Accessing elements of a dictionary works similarly to array indexing:
+
+```meson
+my_dict = {'foo': 42, 'bar': 'baz'}
+forty_two = my_dict['foo']
+# This will fail
+my_dict['does_not_exist']
+```
+
 Dictionaries are immutable and do not have a guaranteed order.
 
 Dictionaries are available since 0.47.0.
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