Programming

Folks,

I have a problem with using the hashtable. my hash table will have to store 2 entries with different data values and same key.

key data
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steps 34
steps 1024

Code:
hsearch_r(entry, FIND, &found, &hashtable);

the problem is whenever I do search(hsearch_r) for key "steps" it returns 34 only. Please tell me how to retrieve the date value for the second entry i.e, 1024

Thanks,
Tamil

Hash tables store one value per key. When you put in a second value with the same key, it overwrites the first.

You could store linked lists instead of individual numbers inside your hash table. You'd try to find the existing key and, if found, append to the list; otherwise, add a new list...

Thanks Corona688,

In my case, It does not overwrite the entry. Either it is ignored or stored as new one with the same key.