๐ง HashMap Problems
Welcome to the HashMap section of JDCodebase!
HashMaps (also called dictionaries or objects in JavaScript) are extremely useful in DSA for storing key-value pairs and counting frequencies. They offer constant-time average performance for inserts and lookups.
๐ What Youโll Learn
- Count frequencies of characters, elements, or patterns
- Track positions or occurrences efficiently
- Design look-up and cache-based logic
- Optimize brute force problems using HashMaps
๐ ๏ธ Common JavaScript Methods
const map = new Map()
โ create a new HashMapmap.set(key, value)
โ insert/update valuemap.get(key)
โ get value for keymap.has(key)
โ check if key existsmap.delete(key)
โ remove keymap.size
โ number of key-value pairs