Source code in the jq programming language

# An empty object:
{}

# Its type:
{} | type
# "object"

# An object literal:
{"a": 97, "b" : 98}

# Programmatic object construction:
reduce ("a", "b", "c", "d") as $c ({}; . +  { ($c) : ($c|explode[.0])} )
# {"a":97,"c":99,"b":98,"d":100}

# Same as above:
reduce range (97;101) as $i ({}; . + { ([$i]|implode) : $i })

# Addition of a key/value pair by assignment:
{}["A"] = 65  # in this case, the object being added to is {}

# Alteration of the value of an existing key:
{"A": 65}["A"] = "AA"

def collisionless:
   if type == "object" then with_entries(.value = (.value|collisionless))|tostring
   elif type == "array" then map(collisionless)|tostring
   else (type[0:1] + tostring)
   end;

# WARNING: addKey(key;value) will erase any previous value associated with key
def addKey(key;value):
  if type == "object" then  . + { (key|collisionless): value }
  else {} | addKey(key;value)
  end;

def getKey(key): .[key|collisionless];

def removeKey(key): delpaths( [ [key|collisionless] ] );

{} | addKey(1;"one") | addKey(2; "two") | removeKey(1) | getKey(2)

"two"