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Convenience function that attempts to extract a property value from a property list (an associative array of strings indexed by strings) and convert it to a specified type.

T as(string[string] properties, string name, T alternative = T.init)
T
as
(
T
)
(
string[string] properties
,
string name
,
T alternative = T.init
)
bool as(string[string] properties, string name, T alternative = T.init)

Parameters

properties: Type: string[string]
The associative array to locate the property in.
name: Type: string
The name the value is currently keyed under.
alternative: Type: T
The value to return in the case that the properties list doesn't contain the named property. Defaults to whatever the default initialization value for the desired type is.

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