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Narue · Apr 11th, 2006, 7:55 AM

>But coming up with a good Hash Function is proving rather difficult.
Duh. A lot of brain cells have met their untimely demise trying to come up with a good hash function. It's not easy, and I say that from the standpoint of working for a long time and only coming up with only *one* algorithm suitable for use in a hash table. It's usually better to take an existing hash function and work from there.

This has a list of good (and bad) functions that you can look at and fit to your needs.

Apr 11th, 2006, 7:55 AM	#5
Narue Professional Programmer Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 419 Rep Power: 3	>But coming up with a good Hash Function is proving rather difficult. Duh. A lot of brain cells have met their untimely demise trying to come up with a good hash function. It's not easy, and I say that from the standpoint of working for a long time and only coming up with only one algorithm suitable for use in a hash table. It's usually better to take an existing hash function and work from there. This has a list of good (and bad) functions that you can look at and fit to your needs. __________________ Even if the voices aren't real, they have some pretty good ideas.