A hash is a key value pair
i.e. if you want a value for a unique key (in perl anyway) you can do
this...
%status = (
1 => "true",
0 => "false"
);
If I have a variable that hold an integer such as
$test = 1 I c
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Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: Hash Index
> A hash is a key value pair
>
> i.e. if you want a value for a unique key (in perl anyway) you can do
> this...
>
> %status = (
> 1 => "true",
> 0 => "false"
>
My grasp of computing theory isn't terribly strong or theoretical so I hope
others will correct me if anything I say here is inaccurate
I got curious to see if I could find a good basic description of hashing
online so I did a Google search on "hash index". I was surprised how many
hits I had
Lou Olsten wrote:
This one is more curiosity than a problem.
I have read the docs about HASH indexes and how they are used, but I'm just wholly
unfamiliar with WHAT a HASH index is. I'm only familiar with the term 'hash' as it
relates to encryption. What exactly IS a hash index?
Just curious,
Lo
