Code reviewHardcr-g461

Subject Edge casesLevel Mid–Senior~16 minCommon in Code quality & review interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this Java helper that returns a non-negative bucket from a possibly-negative hash, used as an array index.

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Code to reviewjava

1int bucket(int hash, int n) {2    return Math.abs(hash) % n;3}

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