PL/SQL Collections and Records

DECLARE
  -- Associative array indexed by string:
  
  TYPE population IS TABLE OF NUMBER  -- Associative array type
    INDEX BY VARCHAR2(64);            --  indexed by string
  
  city_population  population;        -- Associative array variable
  i  VARCHAR2(64);                    -- Scalar variable
  
BEGIN
  -- Add elements (key-value pairs) to associative array:
 
  city_population('Smallville')  := 2000;
  city_population('Midland')     := 750000;
  city_population('Megalopolis') := 1000000;
 
  -- Change value associated with key 'Smallville':
 
  city_population('Smallville') := 2001;
 
  -- Print associative array:
 
  i := city_population.FIRST;  -- Get first element of array
 
  WHILE i IS NOT NULL LOOP
    DBMS_Output.PUT_LINE
      ('Population of ' || i || ' is ' || city_population(i));
    i := city_population.NEXT(i);  -- Get next element of array
  END LOOP;
END;
/

Result:

Population of Megalopolis is 1000000
Population of Midland is 750000
Population of Smallville is 2001