Forums Scripts & Popups hmake buckets

I've recently been trying to incorporate hash tables into my life. The joy and love of hash tables has added new depth to my everyday. I feel like I would be filled with more love if I was clear on the proper way to declare the number of buckets.

I have looked at the equation that says what is ideal. So I thought I'd just use that when I made the hashtable. But when I hmake table %number it always returns the invalid parameter. While I'm sure if I did hmake table 500 it would work just fine, it seems like I can't always know what size my hashtables will end up being so I'd like to use the equation and calculate what size hash table would be right when I make the hash table, but that doesn't seem to work for me. Am I doing something wrong?

Which equation, and well what's the value of %number?

buckets = total keys / .78

so I set number like

var %number $calc($ini(filename.ini,0) / 0.78)

hmake table %number

and It doesn't return love, only hate. Or rather it just says invalid parameter.

You need to use a whole number.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Derp..Is setting the buckets parameter dynamically a a good choice?


Is floor the right command to use in this case?
var %number $floor($calc($ini(filename.ini,0) / 0.78))

$floor or $int, doesn't matter much, if your number of bucket is even, mIRC automatically adds '1', the range of the bucket is 1-10001