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Re: HASH TABLES IN PYTHON

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Eduardo O. Padoan

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May 14, 2008, 12:23:02 PM5/14/08
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On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Blubaugh, David A.
<dblu...@belcan.com> wrote:
> To Whom It May Concern,
>
> I was wondering if anyone has ever worked with hash tables within the Python
> Programming language? I will need to utilize this ability for quick
> numerical calculations.

http://docs.python.org/lib/typesmapping.html

> Thank You,
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> David Blubaugh
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May 14, 2008, 4:57:35 PM5/14/08
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On 14 mai, 18:23, "Eduardo O. Padoan" <eduardo.pad...@gmail.com>
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> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Blubaugh, David A.
>
> <dbluba...@belcan.com> wrote:
> > To Whom It May Concern,
>
> > I was wondering if anyone has ever worked with hash tables within the Python
> > Programming language?

I wonder if anyone could do anything in Python *without* using hash
tables. <g>

Michael Torrie

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May 15, 2008, 12:09:07 PM5/15/08
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Blubaugh, David A. wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone has ever worked with hash tables within the
> Python Programming language? I will need to utilize this ability for
> quick numerical calculations.

Dictionaries are, by definition, hash tables with a very optimized
algorithm to minimize collisions.

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