HashVal Property

Description

Returns the hash value for a specified key in a Dictionary object.

PowerBASIC Syntax

PROPERTY GET HashVal ( _

BYREF vKey AS VARIANT _

) AS VARIANT

Arguments

vKey	Key associated with the hash value being retrieved.

Return Value

VARIANT. The hash value for the key.

Example [PowerBASIC]

#INCLUDE "windows.inc"

#INCLUDE "scrrun.inc"

DIM pDic AS IDictionary

DIM vKey AS VARIANT

DIM vItem AS VARIANT

DIM vHashVal AS VARIANT

' Create an instance of the Dictionaty object

pDic = NEWCOM "Scripting.Dictionary"

' Add some key/item pairs to the dictionary

vKey = "a" : vItem = "Athens"

pDic.Add vKey, vItem

vKey = "b" : vItem = "Belgrade"

pDic.Add vKey, vItem

vKey = "c" : vItem = "Cairo"

pDic.Add vKey, vItem

' Get the hash value of the "c" key

vKey = "c"

vHasVal = pDic.HashVal(vKey)

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