Thread: Insert Items in Hash Table Container.

I see no reason for it to be public

I also created an method VALUETYPE getItem( const string& key ) const; inside the public

However, when I tried to compile it the HastTableTest.cpp, it shows I have 2 errors
Here is my code from the method getItem

Code:

template <typename KEYTYPE, typename VALUETYPE>
VALUETYPE HashTable<KEYTYPE,VALUETYPE>::getItem( const string& key ) const {

    VALUETYPE 	value;

    return value;
}

Also for the method getIndex, Do you think it should return res instead of returning *key % 20?

You need to use the same kind of code to get elements out as you use to store them

Code:

template <typename KEYTYPE, typename VALUETYPE>
VALUETYPE HashTable<KEYTYPE,VALUETYPE>::getItem( const string& key ) const {
    int position = myHashFunction( key );  // compute a position
    // now do domething with hashTable[position]
    // bearing in mind that there could be any number of entries at this hash position
    // see your example output.
}