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21 changes: 21 additions & 0 deletions data_structures/hashing/double_hash.py
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Double hashing is a collision resolving technique in
Open Addressed Hash tables. Double hashing uses the idea of
applying a second hash function to key when a collision occurs.

Advantages of Double hashing

The advantage of Double hashing is that it is one of the best form of
probing, producing a uniform distribution of records throughout a hash table.
This technique does not yield any clusters.
It is one of effective method for resolving collisions.

Double hashing can be done using :
(hash1(key) + i * hash2(key)) % TABLE_SIZE

Here hash1() and hash2() are hash functions and TABLE_SIZE

is size of hash table.

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_hashing#:~:text=Double%20hashing%20is%20a%20computer,data%20structure%20on%20a%20table%20.
"""
from .hash_table import HashTable
from .number_theory.prime_numbers import is_prime, next_prime

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