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title: "Passing params as dictionaries"
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meta_title: "Passing parameters to your programs as a dictionary with args or as environment variables - Core Concepts"
meta_description: "Sometimes it's useful to have access to the full dictionary of inputs or outputs, and pass it to your programs as an argument or export it as an environment variable."
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Sometimes it's useful to have access to the full dictionary of inputs or outputs, and pass it to your programs as an argument or export it as an environment variable.
