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An Example of Hash Function Implementation

struct MyStruct {string str;string item;

};

---------------------------------------------------------// The hash function takes key “obj.str” to index of bucketint hash( const MyStruct & obj ){

int product = 1; int modulus = 0;for ( int i = 0; i < 3 && i < int( obj.str.length( ) ); i++ )

product *= (obj.str[ i ]-64); modulus = product % SIZE1;return modulus;

}

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Uniform Hashing

When the elements are spread evenly (or near evenly) among the indexes of a hash table, it is called uniform hashing

If elements are spread evenly, such that the number of elements at an index is less than some small constant, uniform hashing allows a search to be done in ( 1 ) time

The hash function largely determines whether or not we will have uniform hashing

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Bad Hash Functions

h( k ) = 5 is obviously a bad hash function h( k ) = k % 100 could be a bad hash function if

there is meaning attached to parts of a key Consider that the key might be an employee id The last two digits may give the state of birth

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Ideal Hash Function for Uniform Hashing

The hash table size should be a prime number that is not too close to a power of 2

31 is a prime number but is too close to a power of 2

97 is a prime number not too close to a power of 2

A good hash function might be:h( k ) = k % 97

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Hash Functions Can be Made for Keys that are Strings

1 int sum = 0;2 for ( int i = 0; i < int( str.length( ) ); i++ ) 3 sum += str[ i ];4 hash_index = sum % 97;

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Speed vs. Memory Conservation

Speed comes from reducing the number of collisions In a search, if there are no collisions, the first

element in the linked list in the one we want to find (fast)

Therefore, the greatest speed comes about by making a hash table much larger than the number of keys (but there will still be an occasional collision)

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Speed vs. Memory Conservation

(cont.)

Each empty LinkedList object in a hash table wastes 8 bytes of memory (4 bytes for the start pointer and 4 bytes for the current pointer)

The best memory conservation comes from trying to reduce the number of empty LinkedList objects

The hash table size would be made much smaller than the number of keys (there would still be an occasional empty linked list)

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Hash Table Design

Decide whether speed or memory conservation is more important (and how much more important) for the application

Come up with a good table size which Allows for the use of a good hash function Strikes the appropriate balance between speed and

memory conservation

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Ideal Hash Tables Can we have a hash function which guarantees that

there will be no collisions? Yes:

h( k ) = k Each key k is unique; therefore, each index produced

from h( k ) is unique Consider 300 employees that have a 4 digit id A hash table size of 10000 with the hash function

above guarantees the best possible speed

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Ideal Hash Tables (cont.)

Should we use LinkedList objects if there are no collisions? Suppose each Employee object takes up 100 bytes An array size of 10000 Employee objects with only 300 used

indexes will have 9700 unused indexes, each taking up 100 bytes

Best to use LinkedList objects (in this case) – the 9700 unused indexes will only use 8 bytes each

Additional space can be saved by not storing the employee id in the object (if no collisions)

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Ideal Hash Tables (cont.)

Can we have a hash table without any collisions and without any empty linked lists?

Sometimes. Consider 300 employees with id’s from 0 to 299. We can make a hash table size of 300, and use h( k ) = k

LinkedList objects wouldn’t be necessary and in fact, would waste space

It would also not be necessary to store the employee id in the object

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Implementing aHash Table

We’ll implement a HashTable with linked lists (chaining) without chaining, a hash table can become full

If the client has the ideal hash table mentioned on the previous slide, he/she would be better off to just use an Array for the hash table

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Implementing a Hash Function

We shouldn’t write the hash function The client should write the hash function that

he/she would like to use Then, the client should pass the hash function

that he/she wrote as a parameter into the constructor of the HashTable class

This can be implemented with function pointers

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Function Pointers

A function pointer is a pointer that holds the address of a function

The function can be called using the function pointer instead of the function name

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Function Pointers (cont.)

Example of a function pointer declaration:

float (*funcptr) (string);

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Function Pointers (cont.)

Example of a function pointer declaration:

float (*funcptr) (string);

funcptr is the name of the pointer; the name can be chosen like any other pointer name

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Function Pointers (cont.)

Example of a function pointer declaration:

float (*funcptr) (string);

The parentheses are necessary.

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Function Pointers (cont.)

Example of a function pointer declaration:

float (*funcptr) (string);

The return type of the function that funcptr can point to is given here (in this case, the return type is a float)

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Function Pointers (cont.)

Example of a function pointer declaration:

float (*funcptr) (string);

The parameter list of a function that funcptr can point to is given here – in this case, there is only one parameter of string type.

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Function Pointers (cont.)

Example of a function pointer declaration:

float (*funcptr) (string);

What would a function pointer declaration look like if the function it can point to has a void return type and accepts two integer parameters?

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Function Pointers (cont.)

void (*fp) (int, int);

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Function Pointers (cont.)

void (*fp) (int, int);

void foo( int a, int b ){

cout << “a is: “ << a << endl;cout << “b is: “ << b << endl;

}

A function that fp can point to

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Assigning the Address of a Function

to a Function Pointer void (*fp) (int, int);

void foo( int a, int b ){

cout << “a is: “ << a << endl;cout << “b is: “ << b << endl;

}

fp = foo;The address of foo is assigned to fp like this

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Calling a Function by Using a

Function Pointer

Once the address of foo has been assigned to fp, the foo function can be called using fp like this

void (*fp) (int, int);

void foo( int a, int b ){

cout << “a is: “ << a << endl;cout << “b is: “ << b << endl;

}

fp( 5, 10 );

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Design of theHashTable Constructor

Once the client designs the hash function, the client passes the name of the hash function, as a parameter into the HashTable constructor

The HashTable constructor accepts the parameter using a function pointer in this parameter location

The address of the function is saved to a function pointer in the private section

Then, the hash table can call the hash function that the client made by using the function pointer

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HashTable.h1 #include "LinkedList.h"2 #include "Array.h“34 template <class DataType>5 class HashTable 6 {7 public:8 HashTable( int (*hf)(const DataType &), int s );9 bool insert( const DataType & newObject ); 10 bool retrieve( DataType & retrieved ); 11 bool remove( DataType & removed ); 12 bool update( DataType & updateObject ); 13 void makeEmpty( ); HashTable.h continued…

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HashTable.h

14 private:15 Array< LinkedList<DataType> > table;16 int (*hashfunc)(const DataType &); 17 };1819 #include "HashTable.cpp"

Space is necessary here

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Clientele

The LinkedList class is being used in the HashTable class, along with the Array class

Note that when one writes a class the clientele extends beyond the main programmers who might use the class

The clientele extends to people who write other classes

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HashTable Constructor

1 template <class DataType>2 HashTable<DataType>::HashTable( 3 int (*hf)(const DataType &), int s )4 : table( s )5 {6 hashfunc = hf;7 }

This call to the Array constructor creates an Array of LinkedList’s of type DataType

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HashTable Constructor(cont.)

1 template <class DataType>2 HashTable<DataType>::HashTable( 3 int (*hf)(const DataType &), int s )4 : table( s )5 {6 hashfunc = hf;7 }

The DataType for Array is LinkedList<DataType> (DataType in Array is different than DataType in HashTable)

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HashTable Constructor(cont.)

1 template <class DataType>2 HashTable<DataType>::HashTable( 3 int (*hf)(const DataType &), int s )4 : table( s )5 {6 hashfunc = hf;7 }

In the Array constructor, an Array of size s is made, having LinkedList elements – when this array is created, the LinkedList constructor is called for each element.

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HashTable Constructor(cont.)

1 template <class DataType>2 HashTable<DataType>::HashTable( 3 int (*hf)(const DataType &), int s )4 : table( s )5 {6 hashfunc = hf;7 }

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insert

8 template <class DataType>89 bool HashTable<DataType>::insert( 10 const DataType & newObject )11 {12 int location = hashfunc( newObject );13 if ( location < 0 || location >= table.length( ) )14 return false;15 table[ location ].insert( newObject ); 16 return true;17 } Keep in mind that this is a

LinkedList object.

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retrieve18 template <class DataType>19 bool HashTable<DataType>::retrieve( 20 DataType & retrieved )21 {22 int location = hashfunc( retrieved );23 if ( location < 0 || location >= table.length( ) )24 return false;25 if ( !table[ location ].retrieve( retrieved ) )26 return false;27 return true;28 }

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remove29 template <class DataType>30 bool HashTable<DataType>::remove( 31 DataType & removed )32 {33 int location = hashfunc( removed );34 if ( location < 0 || location >= table.length( ) )35 return false;36 if ( !table[ location ].remove( removed ) )37 return false;38 return true;39 }

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update40 template <class DataType>41 bool HashTable<DataType>::update( 42 DataType & updateObject )43 {44 int location = hashfunc( updateObject );45 if ( location < 0 || location >= table.length( ) )46 return false;47 if ( !table[location].find( updateObject ) )48 return false;49 table[location].replace( updateObject );50 return true;51 }

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makeEmpty

50 template <class DataType>51 void HashTable<DataType>::makeEmpty( )52 {53 for ( int i = 0; i < table.length( ); i++ )54 table[ i ].makeEmpty( );55 }

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Using HashTable

1 #include <iostream>2 #include <string>3 #include "HashTable.h"45 using namespace std;67 struct MyStruct {8 string str;9 int num;10 bool operator ==( const MyStruct & r ) { return str == r.str; }11 };

str will be the key

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Using HashTable(cont.)

1 #include <iostream>2 #include <string>3 #include "HashTable.h"45 using namespace std;67 struct MyStruct {8 string str;9 int num;10 bool operator ==( const MyStruct & r ) { return str == r.str; }11 };

It is necessary to overload the == operator for the LinkedList functions

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Using HashTable(cont.)

1 #include <iostream>2 #include <string>3 #include "HashTable.h"45 using namespace std;67 struct MyStruct {8 string str;9 int num;10 bool operator ==( const MyStruct & r ) { return str == r.str; }11 };

In the actual code, a comment is placed above HashTable, telling the client that this is needed and what is required.

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Using HashTable(cont.)

12 const int SIZE1 = 97, SIZE2 = 199;1314 int hash1( const MyStruct & obj );15 int hash2( const MyStruct & obj );1617 int main( )18 {19 HashTable<MyStruct> ht1( hash1, SIZE1 ), 20 ht2( hash2, SIZE2);

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Using HashTable(cont.)

21 MyStruct myobj;2223 myobj.str = "elephant";24 myobj.num = 25;25 ht1.insert( myobj );2627 myobj.str = "giraffe";28 myobj.num = 50;29 ht2.insert( myobj );

…// other code using the hash tables…

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Using HashTable(cont.)

30 return 0;31 }3233 int hash1( const MyStruct & obj )34 {35 int sum = 0;36 for ( int i = 0; i < 3 && i < int( obj.str.length( ) ); i++ )37 sum += obj.str[ i ];38 return sum % SIZE1;39 }