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I have the following association, assoc:

assoc = <|{0} -> {1}, {1} -> {2, 3, 5, 7}, {2} -> {4, 9},  {1, 1} -> {<|{2, "p"} -> {6}|>, <|{3, "p"} -> {15}|>}, {3} -> {8}|>

This assoc was built as follows:

init := <| {0} -> {1} |>
nPtL[ps_, n_] := ps -> {n}
nAPL[as_, ls_] := Association[as, ls]
assoc = nAPL[init, nPtL[{1}, 2]];
assoc[{1}] = Append[assoc[{1}], 3];
assoc = nAPL[assoc, nPtL[{2}, 4]];
assoc[{1}] = Append[assoc[{1}], 5];
tas1 = <|{2, "p"} -> {6}|>;
assoc = nAPL[assoc, nPtL[{1, 1}, tas1]];
assoc[{1}] = Append[assoc[{1}], 7];
assoc = nAPL[assoc, nPtL[{3}, 8]];
assoc[{2}] = Append[assoc[{2}], 9];
tas2 = <|{3, "p"} -> {15}|>;
assoc[{1, 1}] = Append[assoc[{1, 1}], tas2];
assoc

My question is as follows. How can I, efficiently, change the assoc to:

assoc = <|{0} -> {1}, {1} -> {2, 3, 5, 7}, {2} -> {4, 9},  {1, 1} -> {<|{2, "p"} -> {6, 10}|>, <|{3, "p"} -> {15}|>}, {3} -> {8}|>

That is update

 {1, 1} -> {<|{2, "p"} -> {6}|>, <|{3, "p"} -> {15}|>}

to

 {1, 1} -> {<|{2, "p"} -> {6,10}|>, <|{3, "p"} -> {15}|>}

as part of the original assoc.

Using

assoc[{1, 1}][[1]][{2, "p"}] caused errors.
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    $\begingroup$ AppendTo[assoc[[Key[{1,1}], 1, Key[{2, "p"}]]], 10]? $\endgroup$
    – Lukas Lang
    Dec 12, 2022 at 11:38
  • $\begingroup$ If I do assoc = AppendTo[assoc[[Key[{1,1}], 1, Key[{2, "p"}]]], 10] I see only {6,10}. - The question is about updating the entire structure, named assoc. But thanks for thinking along. $\endgroup$
    – nilo de roock
    Dec 12, 2022 at 11:47
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    $\begingroup$ @niloderoock it returns {6, 10} only but take a look at assoc, and drop assoc = part first. $\endgroup$
    – Kuba ♦
    Dec 12, 2022 at 12:12
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    $\begingroup$ There is, but what is the point? assoc[[Key@{1, 1}, 1, Key@{2, "p"}]] = Append[ assoc[[Key@{1, 1}, 1, Key@{2, "p"}]], 10 ] $\endgroup$
    – Kuba ♦
    Dec 12, 2022 at 12:47
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    $\begingroup$ The Append version that leaves assoc itself unmodified would be: MapAt[Append[10], assoc, {Key[{1, 1}], 1, Key[{2, "p"}]}] $\endgroup$
    – Sjoerd Smit
    Dec 12, 2022 at 15:46

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You can update the association with AssociateTo

AssociateTo[
  assoc, {{1, 1} -> {<|{2, "p"} -> {6, 10}|>, <|{3, "p"} -> {15}|>}}];

Which, like AppendTo updates the values stored in assoc.

assoc

<|{0} -> {1}, {1} -> {2, 3, 5, 7}, {2} -> {4, 9}, {1, 1} -> {<|{2, "p"} -> {6, 10}|>, <|{3, "p"} -> {15}|>}, {3} -> {8}|>

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  • $\begingroup$ Look in the comments for the answer found by Kuba @Kuba . $\endgroup$
    – nilo de roock
    Dec 14, 2022 at 3:43

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