Simplified Common Lisp reference

Symbol class: Symbol, Characters, Hash, Structure, Objects and Conversions

Syntax:

Symbol type: function

make-hash-tabletest^(keyword)size^(keyword)rehash-size^(keyword)rehash-threshold^(keyword) => hash-table

Argument description:

test	EQ, EQL EQUAL or EQUALP; default is EQL
size	a non-negative integer
rehash-size	a real number
rehash-threshold	a real number

MAKE-HASH-TABLE creates a new hash-table. Size parameter specifies initial size of inner table. Test specifies comparison operator for keys. See also GETHASH.

(defparameter *tab* (make-hash-table)) => *TAB*
(gethash 'x *tab*) => NIL, NIL
(setf (gethash 'x *tab*) "x") => "x"
(setf (gethash 'y *tab*) "yy") => "yy"
(gethash 'x *tab*) => "x", T
(gethash 'y *tab*) => "yy", T
(gethash 'z *tab* 'moo) => MOO, NIL

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