Perl to C

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Re: Perl to C by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Nov 15, 2005 at 20:14 UTC
Take a look at libghthash. Also, both the GNU and the FreeBSD libc contain hashing functions – check `hcreate(3)`, `hsearch(3)` and `hdestroy(3)`. (Not sure how widely these are available on other systems; I never had to look.) Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Perl to C by chibiryuu (Beadle) on Nov 15, 2005 at 21:42 UTC
According to the man pages on my machine, `search.h` (containing `hcreate` and co.) goes back to System V Interface Description, and is described in POSIX 1003.1-2001. So they should be pretty widely available.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Perl to C by jeffa (Bishop) on Nov 15, 2005 at 20:09 UTC
Perhaps this will be of use to you? A Hash Function for Hash Table Lookup jeffa L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L-- -R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B-- H---H---H---H---H---H--- (the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)	[reply]
Re: Perl to C by cbrandtbuffalo (Deacon) on Nov 16, 2005 at 19:06 UTC
I've recently been reading The Practice of Programming and it describes basic approaches to hashes in C. If you have to implement it from scratch, all the details are there along with explanations. Probably worth picking up if this is your first go at it.	[reply]