[java] Good Hash Function for Strings

Its a good idea to work with odd number when trying to develop a good hast function for string. this function takes a string and return a index value, so far its work pretty good. and has less collision. the index ranges from 0 - 300 maybe even more than that, but i haven't gotten any higher so far even with long words like "electromechanical engineering"

int keyHash(string key)
{
    unsigned int k = (int)key.length();
    unsigned int u = 0,n = 0;

    for (Uint i=0; i<k; i++)
    {
        n = (int)key[i];
        u += 7*n%31;
    }
    return u%139;
}

another thing you can do is multiplying each character int parse by the index as it increase like the word "bear" (0*b) + (1*e) + (2*a) + (3*r) which will give you an int value to play with. the first hash function above collide at "here" and "hear" but still great at give some good unique values. the one below doesn't collide with "here" and "hear" because i multiply each character with the index as it increases.

int keyHash(string key)
{
    unsigned int k = (int)key.length();
    unsigned int u = 0,n = 0;

    for (Uint i=0; i<k; i++)
    {
        n = (int)key[i];
        u += i*n%31;
    }
    return u%139;
}

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