/** * File: hashing_search.cs * Created Time: 2022-12-23 * Author: haptear (haptear@hotmail.com) */ namespace hello_algo.chapter_searching; public class hashing_search { /* Hash search (array) */ int HashingSearchArray(Dictionary map, int target) { // Hash table's key: target element, value: index // If the hash table does not contain this key, return -1 return map.GetValueOrDefault(target, -1); } /* Hash search (linked list) */ ListNode? HashingSearchLinkedList(Dictionary map, int target) { // Hash table key: target node value, value: node object // If the key is not in the hash table, return null return map.GetValueOrDefault(target); } [Test] public void Test() { int target = 3; /* Hash search (array) */ int[] nums = [1, 5, 3, 2, 4, 7, 5, 9, 10, 8]; // Initialize hash table Dictionary map = []; for (int i = 0; i < nums.Length; i++) { map[nums[i]] = i; // key: element, value: index } int index = HashingSearchArray(map, target); Console.WriteLine("The index of target element 3 is" + index); /* Hash search (linked list) */ ListNode? head = ListNode.ArrToLinkedList(nums); // Initialize hash table Dictionary map1 = []; while (head != null) { map1[head.val] = head; // key: node value, value: node head = head.next; } ListNode? node = HashingSearchLinkedList(map1, target); Console.WriteLine("The corresponding node object for target node value 3 is" + node); } }