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Two dimensional hash

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Hongyu Zhang - 29 Oct 2004 00:03 GMT
Dear all,

Anyone knows an easy way to use a two dimensional hash in Java? For
example, in Perl, it can be used like $foo{$bar1}{$bar2}.

Thanks!
Carl - 29 Oct 2004 01:07 GMT
> Dear all,
>
> Anyone knows an easy way to use a two dimensional hash in Java? For
> example, in Perl, it can be used like $foo{$bar1}{$bar2}.
>
> Thanks!

What exactly are you trying to store, and how do you intend to access it?

For starters, you may be interested in reading about multi-dimensional
arrays:

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/data/multiarrays.html

You should also read up on collections here:

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/collections/

HTH,
Carl.
Thomas Weidenfeller - 29 Oct 2004 08:57 GMT
> Dear all,
>
> Anyone knows an easy way to use a two dimensional hash in Java?

Yes, the obvious ones:

* Use Maps of Maps - inefficient

or

* Combine the two keys into one object, using that as a key in a Map.
Which is the way multidimensional hashs are usually implemented.

/Thomas
Hongyu Zhang - 29 Oct 2004 23:47 GMT
Both methods that you suggested are good enough for me. Thanks very much, Thomas!

> > Dear all,
> >
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>
> /Thomas


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