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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

What is the meaning of "breaking ties in the left"?

When I learned d-left hashing, I met a sentence "Place item in a cell in the least loaded bucket, breaking ties to the left. " I can't understand the meaning of "breaking tie to the left". Who can explain it to me? Thank you very much!
  

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I take it to mean this. If both buckets are equally loaded, it is called a tie. In such a case, the tie is resolved (ie broken) by putting the key-value pair in the left half of the table.

  • I take it to mean this.
  • If both buckets are equally loaded, it is called a tie.
  • In such a case, the tie is resolved (ie broken) by putting the key-value pair in the left half of the table.
  • html The idea behind d-left hashing is simple.
  • Insertions work as follows: Split our hash table in d equal sections (typically two, the left and the right halves), and order the sections from left to right arbitrarily.
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I take it to mean this.
If both buckets are equally loaded, it is called a tie. In such a case, the tie is resolved (ie broken) by putting the key-value pair in the left half of the table.

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Thank you very much!

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