Hash tables
Build a hash table in C: a hash function picks a bucket, collisions chain into linked lists, and lookups skip almost everything. Then count words with it.
- The skill
- Build a chained hash table that stores its own copies of string keys and finds, updates and removes entries quickly.
- You make
- A word counter, a fixed table of player tags and a game inventory that adds and removes items by name.
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