when loadfactor reaches a specified value, then you have to increase the size of the table which is used for storing the hash values. Otherwise , there would be more collisions if the size is not increased.
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 11:11 AM, aparichith <vineelyalamar...@gmail.com>wrote: > Can some one explain me the significance of Load Factor in Hashing ? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<algogeeks%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.