In Classic ASP (VBScript), a Dictionary object is a useful way to store key-value pairs — like an associative array or a map.

What is Dictionary in ASP?

• It's a COM object provided by Microsoft Scripting Runtime.

• Allows you to add, remove, and retrieve items by key.

• Useful for grouping related data in memory.

How to use Dictionary in Classic ASP

1. Create Dictionary Object

<%Dim dictSet dict = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")%>

2. Add Items

dict.Add "Name", "Alice"dict.Add "Age", 28dict.Add "Country", "USA"

3. Access Items

Response.Write "Name: " & dict("Name") & "<br>"Response.Write "Age: " & dict("Age") & "<br>"Response.Write "Country: " & dict("Country") & "<br>"

4. Check if Key Exists

If dict.Exists("Age") Then    Response.Write "Age is " & dict("Age")Else    Response.Write "Age not found."End If

5. Remove Item

dict.Remove "Country"

6. Loop Through Dictionary

Dim keyFor Each key In dict.Keys    Response.Write key & ": " & dict(key) & "<br>"Next

7. Clean Up

Set dict = Nothing

Full Example

<%Dim dict, keySet dict = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")dict.Add "Product", "Laptop"dict.Add "Price", 999.99dict.Add "Stock", 25For Each key In dict.Keys    Response.Write key & " = " & dict(key) & "<br>"NextSet dict = Nothing%>

If you want, I can show you examples combining Dictionary with database data or nested dictionaries!