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<h1>hash</h1>
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<p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-left:10px"><tbody>
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  <td><nobr>Type:</nobr></td>
  <td><nobr>  -  </nobr></td>
  <td width="100%"><nobr>function (subr)</nobr></td>
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  <td><nobr>Source:</nobr></td>
  <td><nobr>  -  </nobr></td>
  <td width="100%"><nobr>xlbfun.c, xlsym.c</nobr></td>
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<h2>Syntax</h2>
<dl>
<dt>(hash <i>name table-size</i>)</dt>
<dd><i>name</i> - a symbol or string expression<br>
<i>table-size</i> - an integer expression<br>
returns - the hash index as an integer value</dd>
</dl>
<h2>Description</h2>
<p>The 'hash' function computes and returns an integer index for a given
symbol 'name' and a given size of hash table 'table-size'. The intention is
for 'hash' to be used with tables made by
<a href="make-array.htm">make-array</a> and accessed by
<a href="aref.htm">aref</a>.</p>
<h2>Examples</h2>
<pre class="example">
(hash "zzzz" 1000)        <font color="#008844">; returns index 322</font>
(hash "ZZZZ" 1000)        <font color="#008844">; returns index 626</font>
(hash 'ZZZZ  1000)        <font color="#008844">; returns index 626</font>
(hash "hiho" 1000)        <font color="#008844">; returns index 519</font>
(hash 'hiho  1000)        <font color="#008844">; returns index 143</font>
(hash "abcd" 1000)        <font color="#008844">; returns index 72</font>
<font color="#008844">;; create a function to look inside *OBARRAY* and</font>
<font color="#008844">;; look for a specific symbol - returns a list</font>
(defun lookin (sym)
  (aref *obarray*
        (hash sym (length *obarray*))))
(lookin 'caar)       <font color="#008844">; returns the hash table entry</font>
                     <font color="#008844">;   (ZEROP CDDDDR CAAR HASH)</font>
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<p><b>Note:</b> This is a useful function for creating and accessing tables.
It is also useful for looking inside of XLISP's own symbol table
<a href="global-obarray.htm">*obarray*</a>.</p>
<p>See the
<a href="../manual/xlisp-man-013.htm#hash">hash</a>
function in the <nobr>XLISP 2.0</nobr> manual.</p>
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