implementing a hash table in python before attempting to do it in C next

python/hash-table.py

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+import string
+
+alphabet = [i for i in string.ascii_lowercase]
+
+alphabet.split()
+
+
+def linear_search(val, arr):
+    for i, letter in enumerate(arr):
+        if val == letter:
+            return i + 1
+
+    return None
+
+
+def hash(word):
+    split_word = [i for i in word]
+    split_prods = [linear_search(i, alphabet) for i in split_word]
+    hash_key = 1
+    for i in split_prods:
+        hash_key *= i
+
+    return hash_key % 16
+
+
+def insert_at_hash(key, value, container):
+    key_hash = hash(key)
+
+    if container[key_hash] is None:
+        # no collision just insert and return
+        container[key_hash] = value
+        return container
+    else:
+        # resolve collision
+        existing_value = container[key_hash]
+
+
+container = [None for i in range(15)]
+
+insert_at_hash("bad", "evil", container)
+
+
+container[hash("bad")] = "evil"
+
+
+d = {"bad": "evil"}
+d["bad"]