On Jan 6, 2011, at 2:17 PM, Jon Sigman wrote:

> Okay, I'm thoroughly confused now. What exactly is this hash value? The 
> documentation just says its "an integer that can be used as a table address 
> in a hash table structure." That doesn't mean much to me. 
> 
> Do the following two objects have the same hash value, and if so, why do 
> thay? How is it assigned?
> id myStr1 = @"8760";
> id myStr2 = @"8760";

Yes, they do. Hashes are generated by the accessor, not assigned, and they are 
based on the contents of the object.

Nick Zitzmann
<http://www.chronosnet.com/>

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