#!/usr/bin/env python __author__ = "bt3" class HashTable(object): def __init__(self, slots=10): self.slots = slots self.table = [] self.create_table() def hash_key(self, value): return hash(value)%self.slots def create_table(self): for i in range(self.slots): self.table.append([]) def add_item(self, value): key = self.hash_key(value) self.table[key].append(value) def print_table(self): for key in range(len(self.table)): print "Key is %s, value is %s." %(key, self.table[key]) def find_item(self, item): pos = self.hash_key(item) if item in self.table[pos]: return True else: return False if __name__ == '__main__': dic = HashTable(5) for i in range(1, 40, 2): dic.add_item(i) dic.print_table() assert(dic.find_item(20) == False) assert(dic.find_item(21) == True)