Quadratic probing is intended to avoid primary clustering. We probe one step at a time, but our stride varies as the square of the step. Stride values follow the sequence 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, … etc.

Together, these functions execute a program that creates a hash table and manages its collisions through the open addressing strategy, which consists of 3 different functions: linear probing, ...

Place your input file with integers, one per line, in the same directory as the script. If you don't provide a filename, the default input file name is LabHashingInput.txt. Run the script by executing ...