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Learning JavaScript Data Structures and Algorithms - Third Edition
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Learning JavaScript Data Structures and Algorithms - Third Edition

by Loiane Avancini
April 2018
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
426 pages
10h 19m
English
Packt Publishing
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The hash table

In this section, we will learn about the HashTable class, also known as HashMap, a hash implementation of the Dictionary class.

Hashing consists of finding a value in a data structure in the shortest time possible. You learned in previous chapters that if we want to get a value from a data structure (using a get method), we need to iterate through the structure until we find it. When we use a hash function, we already know which position the value is in, so we can simply retrieve it. A hash function is a function that, given a key, will return an address in the table where the value is.

In computer science, the hash table has several use cases. It can be used as associative arrays, since it is an implementation of the dictionary. ...

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