Subj : Re: Multi-dimensional data structure
To   : comp.programming
From : Willem
Date : Wed Oct 12 2005 11:54 am

adieyal@gmail.com wrote:
) Can anyone point me in the right direction for a data structure that
) represents a multi-dimensional hash. i.e. I want to be able to store
) data under multiple keys but I don't want the order of the keys to be
) significant. Essentially I want some sort of hypercube that I can slice
) up by providing the appropriate keys.

Assuming you have a datatype like this where the order of the keys *is*
significant, you can simply use this by adding a new layer of 'put' and
'get' functions that sort the keys and then call the original put and get.


SaSW, Willem
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