Hashing tutorial

[tom1000000]

Hi,

I was just wondering if there's a good link that explains hashing and how its used to help sort data, obviously string data most of the time. Thanks.

[Keith]

I don't know of any online tutorials that would cover this appropriately.  However, there are books on the topic, one such book is "Algorithms in C" by Robert Sedgewick.  He covers everything from hashing, to sorting, to linked list, to b-trees/binary trees/b+trees and even combinations and common usages.  This book would be invaluable for you, if you're really interested in this kind of thing.  Aside from that, you could go to google and check out some of the college sites that have been set up, they might have some information (though I think most require the above book).

Cheers,