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CSE 326: Data
Structures
Part 5
Hashing
Henry Kautz
Autumn 2002

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Midterm
• Monday November 4th
• Will cover everything through hash tables
• No homework due that day, but a study
sheet and practice problems on trees and
hashing will be distributed
• 50 minutes, in class
• You may bring one page of notes to refer to

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Dictionary & Search ADTs
• Operations
– create
– destroy
– insert
– find
– delete
• Dictionary: Stores values associated with user-
specified keys
– keys may be any (homogenous) comparable type
– values may be any (homogenous) type
– implementation: data field is a struct with two parts
• Search ADT: keys = values
• kim chi
– spicy cabbage
• kreplach
– tasty stuffed dough
• kiwi
– Australian fruit
insert
find(kreplach)
•kohlrabi
- upscale tuber
• kreplach
- tasty stuffed dough

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Implementations So Far
unsorted
list
sorted
array
Trees
BST – average
AVL – worst case
splay – amortized
Array of size n
where keys are
0,…,n-1
insert find+(1) (n) (log n)
find (n) (log n) (log n)
delete find+(1) (n) (log n)

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Hash Tables: Basic Idea
• Use a key (arbitrary string or number) to index
directly into an array – O(1) time to access records
– A[“kreplach”] = “tasty stuffed dough”
– Need a hash function to convert the key to an integer
Key Data
0 kim chi spicy cabbage
1 kreplach tasty stuffed dough
2 kiwi Australian fruit

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Applications
• When log(n) is just too big…
– Symbol tables in interpreters
– Real-time databases (in core or on disk)
• air traffic control
• packet routing
• When associative memory is needed…
– Dynamic programming
• cache results of previous computation
f(x) if ( Find(x) ) then Find(x) else f(x)
• Chess endgames
– Many text processing applications – e.g. Web
$Status{$LastURL} = “visited”;

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How could you use hash tables to…
• Implement a linked list of unique elements?
• Create an index for a book?
• Convert a document to a Sparse Boolean Vector
(where each index represents a different word)?

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Properties of Good Hash Functions
• Must return number 0, …, tablesize
• Should be efficiently computable – O(1) time
• Should not waste space unnecessarily
– For every index, there is at least one key that hashes
to it
– Load factor lambda  = (number of keys / TableSize)
• Should minimize collisions
= different keys hashing to same index

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Integer Keys
• Hash(x) = x % TableSize
• Good idea to make TableSize prime. Why?

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Integer Keys
• Hash(x) = x % TableSize
• Good idea to make TableSize prime. Why?
– Because keys are typically not randomly distributed, but
usually have some pattern
• mostly even
• mostly multiples of 10
• in general: mostly multiples of some k
– If k is a factor of TableSize, then only (TableSize/k) slots
will ever be used!
– Since the only factor of a prime number is itself, this
phenomena only hurts in the (rare) case where
k=TableSize

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Strings as Keys
• If keys are strings, can get an integer by adding up
ASCII values of characters in key
for (i=0;i<key.length();i++)
hashVal += key.charAt(i);
• Problem 1: What if TableSize is 10,000 and all keys
are 8 or less characters long?
• Problem 2: What if keys often contain the same
characters (“abc”, “bca”, etc.)?

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Hashing Strings
• Basic idea: consider string to be a integer (base 128):
Hash(“abc”) = (‘a’*1282 + ‘b’*1281 + ‘c’) % TableSize
• Range of hash large, anagrams get different values
• Problem: although a char can hold 128 values (8
bits), only a subset of these values are commonly
used (26 letters plus some special characters)
– So just use a smaller “base”
– Hash(“abc”) = (‘a’*322 + ‘b’*321 + ‘c’) % TableSize

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Making the String Hash
Easy to Compute
• Horner’s Rule
• Advantages:
int hash(String s) {
h = 0;
for (i = s.length() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
h = (s.keyAt(i) + h<<5) % tableSize;
}
return h;
} What is
happening
here???

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How Can You Hash…
• A set of values – (name, birthdate) ?
• An arbitrary pointer in C?
• An arbitrary reference to an object in Java?

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How Can You Hash…
• A set of values – (name, birthdate) ?
(Hash(name) ^ Hash(birthdate))% tablesize
• An arbitrary pointer in C?
((int)p) % tablesize
• An arbitrary reference to an object in Java?
Hash(obj.toString())
or just obj.hashCode() % tablesize
What’s
this?

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Optimal Hash Function
• The best hash function would distribute
keys as evenly as possible in the hash table
• “Simple uniform hashing”
– Maps each key to a (fixed) random number
– Idealized gold standard
– Simple to analyze
– Can be closely approximated by best hash
functions

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Collisions and their Resolution
• A collision occurs when two different keys hash to the
same value
– E.g. For TableSize = 17, the keys 18 and 35 hash to the same value
– 18 mod 17 = 1 and 35 mod 17 = 1
• Cannot store both data records in the same slot in array!
• Two different methods for collision resolution:
– Separate Chaining: Use a dictionary data structure (such as
a linked list) to store multiple items that hash to the same
slot
– Closed Hashing (or probing): search for empty slots using
a second function and store item in first empty slot that is
found

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A Rose by Any Other Name…
• Separate chaining = Open hashing
• Closed hashing = Open addressing

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3
2
1
0
6
5
4
a d
e b
c
Hashing with Separate Chaining
• Put a little dictionary at each
entry
– choose type as appropriate
– common case is unordered
linked list (chain)
• Properties
– performance degrades with
length of chains
–  can be greater than 1
h(a) = h(d)
h(e) = h(b)
What was
??

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Load Factor with Separate
Chaining
• Search cost
– unsuccessful search:
– successful search:
• Optimal load factor:

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Load Factor with Separate
Chaining
• Search cost (assuming simple uniform hashing)
Whole list – average length 
Half the list – average length /2+1
• Optimal load factor:
– Zero! But between ½ and 1 is fast and makes good use
of memory.

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Alternative Strategy: Closed Hashing
Problem with separate chaining:
Memory consumed by pointers –
32 (or 64) bits per key!
What if we only allow one Key at each
entry?
– two objects that hash to the same spot can’t
both go there
– first one there gets the spot
– next one must go in another spot
• Properties
–   1
– performance degrades with difficulty of
finding right spot
a
c
e
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
h(a) = h(d)
h(e) = h(b)
d
b

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Collision Resolution by Closed
Hashing
• Given an item X, try
cells h0(X), h1(X), h2(X), …, hi(X)
• hi(X) = (Hash(X) + F(i)) mod TableSize
– Define F(0) = 0
• F is the collision resolution function. Some
possibilities:
– Linear: F(i) = i
– Quadratic: F(i) = i2
– Double Hashing: F(i) = iHash2(X)

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Closed Hashing I: Linear Probing
• Main Idea: When collision occurs, scan down
the array one cell at a time looking for an
empty cell
– hi(X) = (Hash(X) + i) mod TableSize (i = 0, 1, 2, …)
– Compute hash value and increment it until a free cell
is found

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Linear Probing Example
probes:
14
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
insert(14)
14%7 = 0
1
14
8
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
insert(8)
8%7 = 1
1
14
8
21
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
insert(21)
21%7 =0
3
8
12
2
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
insert(2)
2%7 = 2
2
14

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Drawbacks of Linear Probing
• Works until array is full, but as number of items N
approaches TableSize (  1), access time approaches O(N)
• Very prone to cluster formation (as in our example)
– If a key hashes anywhere into a cluster, finding a free cell
involves going through the entire cluster – and making it
grow!
– Primary clustering – clusters grow when keys hash to values
close to each other
• Can have cases where table is empty except for a few
clusters
– Does not satisfy good hash function criterion of distributing
keys uniformly

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Load Factor in Linear Probing
• For any  < 1, linear probing will find an empty slot
• Search cost (assuming simple uniform hashing)
• Performance quickly degrades for  > 1/2
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
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Optimal vs Linear
successful unsuccessful
load factor optimal linear optimal linear
0.1 1.05 1.06 1.11 1.12
0.2 1.12 1.13 1.25 1.28
0.3 1.19 1.21 1.43 1.52
0.4 1.28 1.33 1.67 1.89
0.5 1.39 1.50 2.00 2.50
0.6 1.53 1.75 2.50 3.63
0.7 1.72 2.17 3.33 6.06
0.8 2.01 3.00 5.00 13.00
0.9 2.56 5.50 10.00 50.50

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Closed Hashing II: Quadratic Probing
• Main Idea: Spread out the search for an empty slot –
Increment by i2 instead of i
• hi(X) = (Hash(X) + i2) % TableSize
h0(X) = Hash(X) % TableSize
h1(X) = Hash(X) + 1 % TableSize

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Quadratic Probing Example
probes:
14
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
insert(14)
14%7 = 0
1
14
8
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
insert(8)
8%7 = 1
1
14
8
21
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
insert(21)
21%7 =0
3
8
2
21
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
insert(2)
2%7 = 2
1
14

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Problem With Quadratic Probing
probes:
14
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
insert(14)
14%7 = 0
1
14
8
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
insert(8)
8%7 = 1
1
14
8
21
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
insert(21)
21%7 =0
3
8
2
21
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
insert(2)
2%7 = 2
1
14
8
2
21
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
insert(7)
7%7 = 0
14
??

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Load Factor in Quadratic Probing
• Theorem: If TableSize is prime and   ½,
quadratic probing will find an empty slot; for
greater , might not
• With load factors near ½ the expected number
of probes is empirically near optimal – no
exact analysis known
• Don’t get clustering from similar keys
(primary clustering), still get clustering from
identical keys (secondary clustering)

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Closed Hashing III: Double Hashing
• Idea: Spread out the search for an empty slot by
using a second hash function
– No primary or secondary clustering
• hi(X) = (Hash1(X) + iHash2(X)) mod TableSize
for i = 0, 1, 2, …
• Good choice of Hash2(X) can guarantee does not
get “stuck” as long as  < 1
– Integer keys:
Hash2(X) = R – (X mod R)
where R is a prime smaller than TableSize

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Double Hashing Example
probes:
14
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
insert(14)
14%7 = 0
1
14
8
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
insert(8)
8%7 = 1
1
14
8
21
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
insert(21)
21%7 =0
5-(21%5)=4
2
8
2
21
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
insert(2)
2%7 = 2
1
14
8
2
21
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
insert(7)
7%7 = 0
5-(21%5)=4
14
??

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Double Hashing Example
probes:
14
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
insert(14)
14%7 = 0
1
14
8
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
insert(8)
8%7 = 1
1
14
8
21
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
insert(21)
21%7 =0
5-(21%5)=4
2
8
2
21
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
insert(2)
2%7 = 2
1
14
8
2
21
7
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
insert(7)
7%7 = 0
5-(21%5)=4
14
4

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Load Factor in Double Hashing
• For any  < 1, double hashing will find an empty slot (given
appropriate table size and hash2)
• Search cost approaches optimal (random re-hash):
• No primary clustering and no secondary clustering
• Still becomes costly as  nears 1.


1
1

 
1
1
ln
1
Note natural
logarithm!

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Deletion with Separate Chaining
Why is this slide blank?

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0
1
2
7
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
delete(2)
0
1
7
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
find(7)
Where is it?!
Deletion in Closed Hashing
What should we do instead?

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0
1
2
7
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
delete(2)
0
1
#
7
3
2
1
0
6
5
4
find(7)
Indicates deleted value:
if you find it, probe again
Lazy Deletion
But now what is the problem?

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The Squished Pigeon
Principle
• An insert using Closed Hashing cannot work with a
load factor of 1 or more.
– Quadratic probing can fail if  > ½
– Linear probing and double hashing slow if  > ½
– Lazy deletion never frees space
• Separate chaining becomes slow once  > 1
– Eventually becomes a linear search of long chains
• How can we relieve the pressure on the pigeons?
REHASH!

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Rehashing Example
Separate chaining
h1(x) = x mod 5 rehashes to h2(x) = x mod 11
=1
=5/11
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
0
0
25 37
52
83
98
25 37 83 52 98

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Rehashing Amortized
Analysis
• Consider sequence of n operations
insert(3); insert(19); insert(2); …
• What is the max number of rehashes?
• What is the total time?
– let’s say a regular hash takes time a, and rehashing an array contain
k elements takes time bk.
• Amortized time = (an+b(2n-1))/n = O( 1 )
log n
log
(1 2 4 8 ... ) 2
(2 1)
n
i
i o
an b n an b
an b n

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  


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Rehashing without Stretching
• Suppose input is a mix of inserts and deletes
– Never more than TableSize/2 active keys
– Rehash when =1 (half the table must be deletions)
• Worst-case sequence:
– T/2 inserts, T/2 deletes, T/2 inserts, Rehash,
T/2 deletes, T/2 inserts, Rehash, …
• Rehashing at most doubles the amount of work –
still O(1)

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Case Study
• Spelling dictionary
– 50,000 words
– static
– arbitrary(ish)
preprocessing time
• Goals
– fast spell checking
– minimal storage
• Practical notes
– almost all searches are
successful
– words average about 8
characters in length
– 50,000 words at 8
bytes/word is 400K
– pointers are 4 bytes
– there are many regularities
in the structure of English
words
Why?

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Solutions
• Solutions
– sorted array + binary search
– separate chaining
– open addressing + linear probing

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Storage
• Assume words are strings and entries are
pointers to strings
Array +
binary search Separate chaining
…
Closed hashing
n pointers
table size + 2n pointers =
n/ + 2n n/ pointers

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Analysis
• Binary search
– storage: n pointers + words = 200K+400K = 600K
– time: log2n  16 probes per access, worst case
• Separate chaining - with  = 1
– storage: n/ + 2n pointers + words = 200K+400K+400K = 1GB
– time: 1 + /2 probes per access on average = 1.5
• Closed hashing - with  = 0.5
– storage: n/ pointers + words = 400K + 400K = 800K
– time: probes per access on average = 1.5
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50K words, 4 bytes @ pointer

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Approximate Hashing
• Suppose we want to reduce the space
requirements for a spelling checker, by
accepting the risk of once in a while
overlooking a misspelled word
• Ideas?

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Approximate Hashing
Strategy:
– Do not store keys, just a bit indicating cell is in
use
– Keep  low so that it is unlikely that a
misspelled word hashes to a cell that is in use

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Example
• 50,000 English words
• Table of 500,000 cells, each 1 bit
– 8 bits per byte
• Total memory: 500K/8 = 62.5 K
– versus 800 K separate chaining, 600 K open addressing
• Correctly spelled words will always hash to a used
cell
• What is probability a misspelled word hashes to a
used cell?

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Rough Error Calculation
• Suppose hash function is optimal - hash is a
random number
• Load factor   0.1
– Lower if several correctly spelled words hash to
the same cell
• So probability that a misspelled word
hashes to a used cell is  10%

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Exact Error Calculation
• What is expected load factor?
used cells (Probability a cell is used)(table size)
table size table size
Probability a cell is used = 1 - (Prob. cell not used)
=1-(Prob. 1st word doesn't use cell)...(Prob. last word doesn't use cell)
=
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number wor
50,000
ds
1-((table
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A Random Hash…
• Extensible hashing
– Hash tables for disk-based databases – minimizes number disk
accesses
• Minimal perfect hash function
– Hash a given set of n keys into a table of size n with no collisions
– Might have to search large space of parameterized hash functions to
find
– Application: compilers
• One way hash functions
– Used in cryptography
– Hard (intractable) to invert: given just the hash value, recover the
key

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Puzzler
• Suppose you have a HUGE hash table, that
you often need to re-initialize to “empty”.
How can you do this in small constant time,
regardless of the size of the table?

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Databases
• A database is a set of records, each a tuple
of values
– E.g.: [ name, ss#, dept., salary ]
• How can we speed up queries that ask for
all employees in a given department?
• How can we speed up queries that ask for
all employees whose salary falls in a given
range?

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