#include "cmp.h"
#include <string.h>
#include <assert.h>
/*cmp_string takes two void* and compares their values as strings.
 * Actually, it should probably work an any data type, it just uses strcmp
 * returns 0 if they are the same, something else if they are different
 */
int cmp_string(const void *a, const void *b) {
    assert(a != NULL);
    assert(b != NULL);
    char* a_ch = (char*)a;
    char* b_ch = (char*)b;
    return strcmp(a_ch, b_ch);
}
int cmp_double(const void *a, const void *b) {
    assert(a != NULL);
    assert(b != NULL);
    return (*((double*)a) != *((double*)b));
}


/*hashes the string for the hash table. Only gets you a number between 0 and 50, so the hash
 * isn't exactly very good. But, it is a hash
 *
 */
int hash_string(const void *element) {
    char *to_hash = (char*) element;
    int hash = 0;
    int pos = 0;
    while(to_hash[pos] != '\0') {
        hash += to_hash[pos++];
    }
    return hash;
}