19.0.0 released Nov 08, 2023
Write hash

Purpose: Store key/value pair into a hash table.

write-hash <hash> \
    key <key> \
    value <value> \
    [ status [ define ] <status> ] \
    [ old-value [ define ] <old value> ]
    [ old-key [ define ] <old key> ]
    [ process-key ]
    [ process-value ]

write-hash will store pointers <key> (in "key" clause) and <value> (specified in "value" clause) into hash table <hash>, which must be created with new-hash.

<key> is a string and <value> can be a pointer of any type, allowing storage of any kind of data; collectively they are called an "element". Memory pointed by <key> and <value> must not go out of scope or be freed while the hash is used - if necessary, store a copy (see copy-string for strings); this is because write-hash does not make copies of <key> and <value>, rather only the pointers to those are stored in the hash.

If <key> already exists in the hash table, then the pointer to old value associated with it is returned in the optional <old value> (in "old-value" clause) and the pointer to old key is returned in the optional <old key> (in "old-key" clause) - in this case the optional number <status> (in "status" clause) has a value of VV_ERR_EXIST.

If <key> did not exist, <status> will be VV_OKAY and <old value>/<old key> are NULL. Both <status> and <old value>/<old key> can be created with "define" clause.

Note that while <key> and <old key> will contain matching strings when <status> is VV_ERR_EXIST, the <old key> will contain a pointer to a key used in the previous write-string statement.

If a <hash> was created with "process-scope" clause (see new-hash), then:
If a <hash> was not created with "process-scope", then "process-key" and "process-data" have no effect.
Examples
Writing data to hash:
new-hash define h size 1000
write-hash h key "mykey" value "some data"

Writing new value with the same key and obtaining the previous value (which is "some data"):
write-hash h key "mykey" value "new data" status define st old-value define od
if (st == VV_ERR_EXIST) {
    @Previous value for this key is <<p-out od>>
}

The following is a hash key/value server, where a process-scoped hash is created. It provides inserting, deleting and querying key/value pairs. Such a server process can run indefinitely and provide a key service:
%% /hashsrv
    out-header default

    do-once
    new-hash define h size 1024 process-scope
    end-do-once

    // Get input parameters
    task-param op
    input-param key
    input-param data

    if-task "add" // Add data to hash, make a copy as input params are request-scoped
        copy-string key to define c_key
        copy-string data to define c_data
        write-hash h key c_key value c_data old-value define old_data old-key define old_key status define st
        if (st == VV_ERR_EXIST) {
            delete-mem old_key
            delete-mem old_data
        }
        @Added [<<p-out key>>]
    else-task "delete" // Delete data and obtain the value deleted
        read-hash h key (key) value define val old-key define okey delete status define st
        if (st == VV_ERR_EXIST) {
            @Not found [<<p-out key>>]
        } else {
            // If found, then delete key and value
            @Deleted [<<p-out val>>]
            delete-mem val
            delete-mem okey
        }
    else-task "query" // Query hash based on key value
        read-hash h key (key) value define val status define st
        if (st == VV_ERR_EXIST) {
            @Not found, queried [<<p-out key>>]
        } else {
            @Value [<<p-out val>>]
        }
    end-task
%%

See read-hash for more examples.
See also
Hash table
get-hash  
new-hash  
purge-hash  
read-hash  
resize-hash  
write-hash    
See all
documentation


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