osf1 man page for ranhashinit

ranhash(3)						     Library Functions Manual							ranhash(3)

NAME
       ranhashinit, ranhash, ranlookup - access routine for the symbol table definition file in archives

SYNOPSIS
       #include <ar.h>

       int ranhashinit(pran, pstr, size)
       struct ranlib *pran;
       char *pstr;
       int size;

       ranhash(name)
       char *name;

       struct ranlib *ranhash(name)
       char *name;

DESCRIPTION
       ranhashinit  initializes  static  information for future use by ranhash and ranlookup.  pran points to an array of ranlib structures.  pstr
       points to the corresponding ranlib string table (these are only used by ranlookup).  size is the size of the hash table	and  should  be  a
       power of 2. If the size isn't a power of 2, a 1 is returned; otherwise, a 0 is returned.

       ranhash returns a hash number given a name. It uses a multiplicative hashing algorithm and the size argument to ranhashinit.

       ranlookup  looks  up  name  in the ranlib table specified by ranhashinit.  It uses the ranhash routine as a starting point. Then, it does a
       rehash from there.  This routine returns a pointer to a valid ranlib entry on a match.  If no matches are found	(the  "emptiness"  can	be
       inferred if the ran_off field is zero), the empty ranlib structure hash table should be sparse.	This routine does not expect to run out of
       places to look in the table.  For example, if you collide on all entries in the table, an error is printed tostderr and a zero is returned.

AUTHOR
       Mark I. Himelstein

RELATED INFORMATION
       ar(1) delim off

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