Now that we have all of the functionality of a hash table, it’s time to review what we’ve learned. Use what you know about hash tables to record animal sounds.
Instructions
Create a HashTable instance, animalSoundsHashTable. We’ll use the hash table data to store animal sounds. Give it an array size of 15.
Assign the following key-values pairs to animalSoundsHashTable:
- Key: “Dog”, Value: “Bark”
- Key: “Cat”, Value: “Meow”
- Key: “Lion”, Value: “Roar”
Retrieve the location for each of the sounds in animalSoundsHashTable and print them to the terminal.
Congratulations, you implemented a fully-functional hash table! Some things to consider:
Are there any other ways of handling collisions besides separate chaining? What would be the advantages or disadvantages of a method of avoiding separate chaining? What are some disadvantages to using hash tables?