Question

techniques for creating hash functions is most general

Answer 1

hi there

Hashing is a technique that is used to uniquely identify a specific object from a group of similar objects.

Hashing is implemented in two steps:

An element is converted into an integer by using a hash function. This element can be used as an index to store the original element, which falls into the hash table.

The element is stored in the hash table where it can be quickly retrieved using hashed key.

hash = hashfunc(key)
index = hash % array_size