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Unit srfi-69

CHICKEN implements SRFI 69 with SRFI 90 extensions. For more information, see SRFI-69 and SRFI-90.

Hash Table Procedures

make-hash-table

[procedure] (make-hash-table [TEST HASH SIZE] [#:test TEST] [#:hash HASH] [#:size SIZE] [#:initial INITIAL] [#:min-load MIN-LOAD] [#:max-load MAX-LOAD] [#:weak-keys WEAK-KEYS] [#:weak-values WEAK-VALUES])

Returns a new HASH-TABLE with the supplied configuration.

TEST
The equivalence function.
HASH
The hash function.
SIZE
The expected number of table elements.
INITIAL
The default initial value.
MIN-LOAD
The minimum load factor. A flonum in (0.0 1.0).
MAX-LOAD
The maximum load factor. A flonum in (0.0 1.0).
WEAK-KEYS
Use weak references for keys. (Ignored)
WEAK-VALUES
Use weak references for values. (Ignored)

Please note that hash tables are not guaranteed to compare equal? to each other, even if they contain exactly the same key/value pairs.

alist->hash-table

[procedure] (alist->hash-table A-LIST [#:test TEST] [#:hash HASH] [#:size SIZE] [#:initial INITIAL] [#:min-load MIN-LOAD] [#:max-load MAX-LOAD] [#:weak-keys WEAK-KEYS] [#:weak-values WEAK-VALUES])

Returns a new HASH-TABLE. The HASH-TABLE is populated from the A-LIST. The keyword arguments are per make-hash-table.

If a key occurs multiple times in A-LIST, the first occurrence will be used in the hash table.

hash-table?

[procedure] (hash-table? OBJECT)

Is the OBJECT a hash-table?

hash-table-size

[procedure] (hash-table-size HASH-TABLE)

Returns the number of associations in HASH-TABLE.

hash-table-equivalence-function

[procedure] (hash-table-equivalence-function HASH-TABLE)

The HASH-TABLE equivalence-function.

hash-table-hash-function

[procedure] (hash-table-hash-function HASH-TABLE)

The HASH-TABLE hash-function.

hash-table-min-load

[procedure] (hash-table-min-load HASH-TABLE)

The HASH-TABLE minimum load factor.

hash-table-max-load

[procedure] (hash-table-max-load HASH-TABLE)

The HASH-TABLE maximum load factor.

hash-table-weak-keys

[procedure] (hash-table-weak-keys HASH-TABLE)

Does the HASH-TABLE use weak references for keys?

hash-table-weak-values

[procedure] (hash-table-weak-values HASH-TABLE)

Does the HASH-TABLE use weak references for values?

hash-table-has-initial?

[procedure] (hash-table-has-initial? HASH-TABLE)

Does the HASH-TABLE have a default initial value?

hash-table-initial

[procedure] (hash-table-initial HASH-TABLE)

The HASH-TABLE default initial value.

hash-table-keys

[procedure] (hash-table-keys HASH-TABLE)

Returns a list of the keys in the HASH-TABLE population.

hash-table-values

[procedure] (hash-table-values HASH-TABLE)

Returns a list of the values in the HASH-TABLE population.

hash-table->alist

[procedure] (hash-table->alist HASH-TABLE)

Returns the population of the HASH-TABLE as an a-list.

hash-table-ref

[procedure] (hash-table-ref HASH-TABLE KEY)

Returns the VALUE for the KEY in the HASH-TABLE.

Aborts with an exception when the KEY is missing.

hash-table-ref/default

[procedure] (hash-table-ref/default HASH-TABLE KEY DEFAULT)

Returns the VALUE for the KEY in the HASH-TABLE, or the DEFAULT when the KEY is missing.

hash-table-exists?

[procedure] (hash-table-exists? HASH-TABLE KEY)

Does the KEY exist in the HASH-TABLE?

hash-table-set!

[procedure] (hash-table-set! HASH-TABLE KEY VALUE)

Set the VALUE for the KEY in the HASH-TABLE.

A setter for hash-table-ref is defined, so

(set! (hash-table-ref HASH-TABLE KEY) VALUE)

is equivalent to

(hash-table-set! HASH-TABLE KEY VALUE)

hash-table-update!

[procedure] (hash-table-update! HASH-TABLE KEY [UPDATE-FUNCTION [DEFAULT-VALUE-FUNCTION]])

Sets or replaces the VALUE for KEY in the HASH-TABLE.

The UPDATE-FUNCTION takes the existing VALUE for KEY and returns the new VALUE. The default is identity

The DEFAULT-VALUE-FUNCTION is called when the entry for KEY is missing. The default uses the (hash-table-initial-value), if provided. Otherwise aborts with an exception.

Returns the new VALUE.

hash-table-update!/default

[procedure] (hash-table-update!/default HASH-TABLE KEY UPDATE-FUNCTION DEFAULT-VALUE)

Sets or replaces the VALUE for KEY in the HASH-TABLE.

The UPDATE-FUNCTION takes the existing VALUE for KEY and returns the new VALUE.

The DEFAULT-VALUE is used when the entry for KEY is missing.

Returns the new VALUE.

hash-table-copy

[procedure] (hash-table-copy HASH-TABLE)

Returns a shallow copy of the HASH-TABLE.

hash-table-delete!

[procedure] (hash-table-delete! HASH-TABLE KEY)

Deletes the entry for KEY in the HASH-TABLE.

hash-table-remove!

[procedure] (hash-table-remove! HASH-TABLE PROC)

Calls PROC for all entries in HASH-TABLE with the key and value of each entry. If PROC returns true, then that entry is removed.

hash-table-clear!

[procedure] (hash-table-clear! HASH-TABLE)

Deletes all entries in HASH-TABLE.

hash-table-merge

[procedure] (hash-table-merge HASH-TABLE-1 HASH-TABLE-2)

Returns a new HASH-TABLE with the union of HASH-TABLE-1 and HASH-TABLE-2. Keys that exist in both tables will be taken from HASH-TABLE-1.

hash-table-merge!

[procedure] (hash-table-merge! HASH-TABLE-1 HASH-TABLE-2)

Returns HASH-TABLE-1 as the union of HASH-TABLE-1 and HASH-TABLE-2. Keys that exist in both tables will be taken from HASH-TABLE-1.

hash-table-map

[procedure] (hash-table-map HASH-TABLE FUNC)

Calls FUNC for all entries in HASH-TABLE with the key and value of each entry.

Returns a list of the results of each call.

hash-table-fold

[procedure] (hash-table-fold HASH-TABLE FUNC INIT)

Calls FUNC for all entries in HASH-TABLE with the key and value of each entry, and the current folded value. The initial folded value is INIT.

Returns the final folded value.

hash-table-for-each

[procedure] (hash-table-for-each HASH-TABLE PROC)

Calls PROC for all entries in HASH-TABLE with the key and value of each entry.

hash-table-walk

[procedure] (hash-table-walk HASH-TABLE PROC)

Calls PROC for all entries in HASH-TABLE with the key and value of each entry.

Hashing Functions

All hash functions return a fixnum in the range [0 BOUND).

When given the fixnum RANDOMIZATION, these functions will use this to perturb the value; if not specified, the value will differ for each invocation of your program. This is for security reasons; an attacker who knows what a value hashes to can deliberately try to cause collisions, thereby flattening your hash table, effectively reducing it to a list. Always make sure you don't expose any hashed value to an attacker.

number-hash

[procedure] (number-hash NUMBER [BOUND RANDOMIZATION])

For use with = as a hash-table-equivalence-function.

object-uid-hash

[procedure] (object-uid-hash OBJECT [BOUND RANDOMIZATION])

Currently a synonym for equal?-hash.

symbol-hash

[procedure] (symbol-hash SYMBOL [BOUND RANDOMIZATION])

For use with eq? as a hash-table-equivalence-function.

keyword-hash

[procedure] (keyword-hash KEYWORD [BOUND RANDOMIZATION])

For use with eq? as a hash-table-equivalence-function.

string-hash

[procedure] (string-hash STRING [BOUND START END RANDOMIZATION])

For use with string=? as a hash-table-equivalence-function. The optional START and END arguments may be given to limit the hash calculation to a specific sub-section of STRING.

string-ci-hash

[procedure] (string-hash-ci STRING [BOUND START END RANDOMIZATION])
[procedure] (string-ci-hash STRING [BOUND START END RANDOMIZATION])

For use with string-ci=? as a hash-table-equivalence-function.

eq?-hash

[procedure] (eq?-hash OBJECT [BOUND RANDOMIZATION])

For use with eq? as a hash-table-equivalence-function.

eqv?-hash

[procedure] (eqv?-hash OBJECT [BOUND RANDOMIZATION])

For use with eqv? as a hash-table-equivalence-function.

equal?-hash

[procedure] (equal?-hash OBJECT [BOUND RANDOMIZATION])

For use with equal? as a hash-table-equivalence-function.

hash

[procedure] (hash OBJECT [BOUND RANDOMIZATION])

Synonym for equal?-hash.

hash-by-identity

[procedure] (hash-by-identity OBJECT [BOUND RANDOMIZATION])

Synonym for eq?-hash.

recursive-hash-max-depth

[parameter] (recursive-hash-max-depth)

The maximum structure depth to follow when computing a hash value. The default is 4.

recursive-hash-max-length

[parameter] (recursive-hash-max-length)

The maximum vector length to follow when computing a hash value. The default is 4.

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