Does Windows CE support hash tables?

Question

Quick question of does Windows CE support hash tables? I have a program that I'm modifying and adding to a device that uses Windows CE and I was wondering if CE supported hash tables since it is used in the original software.

Answer 1

link textI've been waiting to see if someone smarter than I had a different take on this question. No one seems to, so I'm going to assume everyone is confused like me. What exactly do you mean here?

According to Wikipedia:

A hash table or hash map is a data structure that uses a hash function to efficiently map certain identifiers or keys (e.g., person names) to associated values (e.g., their telephone numbers).

Which pretty much aligns with my understanding of them. So it's a data structure. An OS itself doesn't really have any concept of a hash table - the language you're writing in does. Every language that I'm aware of that supports building for Windows CE supports data structures (what kind of language wouldn't?).

• If you're writing in C# or VB.NET, you have the Hashtable class.
• STL has the hash_map
• ATL has the CAtlMap class
• MFC has the CMap class
• If you don't like any of those, you can always write your own or use someone elses.
• For straight C it's pretty easy to find an implementation.
• I don't do much Java work, but I'm certain there's a Hashtable class there too

So, I guess it comes back to you. What exactly do you mean by "if CE supported hash tables"?