Collisions in Hash Tables
Explore common collision handling techniques in hash tables including linear probing, chaining, and resizing to manage hash collisions effectively. Understand how each strategy works, their advantages and potential drawbacks, and apply the best method for efficient data storage in Python hash tables.
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When you map large keys into a small range of numbers from 0-N, where N is the size of the list, there is a huge possibility that two different keys may return the same index. This phenomenon is called collision.
Strategies to Handle Collisions
There are several ways to work around collisions in the list. The three most common strategies are:
- Linear Probing
- Chaining
- Resizing the list
Linear Probing
This strategy suggests that if our hash function ...