What is the HashCode

[Josema]

Hi to all,

In a lot of type of classes in the .net framework classes library i see that
has the method GethashCode.

What is the HashCode of anything, and in wich kind of functionality are used
for?


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Thanks
Regards.
Josema

[KH]

RE: What is the HashCode

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemobjectclassgethashcodetopic.asp

GetHashCode() is defined on System.Object, so all objects have this method.


"Josema" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi to all,
>
> In a lot of type of classes in the .net framework classes library i see that
> has the method GethashCode.
>
> What is the HashCode of anything, and in wich kind of functionality are used
> for?
>
>
> --
> Thanks
> Regards.
> Josema[/color]

[Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu]

Re: What is the HashCode

=?Utf-8?B?Sm9zZW1h?= <Jestrade@ocu.o rg> wrote in
news:1B2509C8-C265-4169-B329-C995DF99109F@mi crosoft.com:[color=blue]
> What is the HashCode of anything, and in wich kind of functionality are
> used for?[/color]

Its used for more evenly distributing collections of the object in a
"sorted" way.


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[Brian Gideon]

Re: What is the HashCode

Lebesgue,

Don't be sorry. The purpose of this forum is to learn. Sometimes you
end up learning by attempting to answer someone else's question. I
think a large percentage of us on here, including me, have been guilty
of misinformation at some point.

Brian

Lebesgue wrote:[color=blue]
> Brian,
> you are right.
> I just wanted to explain the principle to someone who doesn't know
> how it all works.
> I am sorry for possible confusion.[/color]