hash map

[ravinder]

working of hash map with an example

[NPH]

Suppose you want to maintain a simple address book. Here is an example:

//create the hashmap
HashMap map = new HashMap();

//add 3 address book items
map.put("Steve", "1501 Busy Ave.");
map.put("Mary", "888 Somewhere CT.");
map.put("Brenda", "111 Java Ave.");

//get the address of steve from the map (must cast)
String stevesAddress = (String)( map.get("Steve") );

//get the address of bob from the map (must cast)
//this line returns NULL b/c Bob isn't in the address book
String bobAddress = (String)( map.get("Bob") );

In hashmap terminology, the names of the people are called keys and the addresses are called the values of the hashmap.

When you have a key (a name) , you can use the get() method to get the correspoding value (an address).

It is best to use a hashmap when you don't need the keys to be sorted. Hashmaps are very "fast". If you need this functionality, use a TreeMap instead. Treemaps are "slower" than HashMaps.


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[yinpeng263]

17 examples for hash map and hash table
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