Let's say I have no more than a few hundred UUIDs, the set of which will only be updated rarely. Let's furthermore say I want to, at runtime, check if an arbitrary UUID belongs to said predefined set.

A HashSet is an optimized collection of unordered, unique elements that provides fast lookups and high-performance set operations. The HashSet class was first introduced in .NET 3.5 and is part of the ...

The first time I heard about hash tables was after taking a compilers course during my BSc. The truth is, I was not able to understand and appreciate their usefulness fully back then. Now that I know ...

System.Collections.Generic.List<T> and System.Collections.Generic.HashSet<T> both support the IEnumerable<T> extension methods and participate in LINQ queries. HashSet<T> includes methods not included ...

In this next installment of my ongoing PowerShell series, I want to focus on putting PowerShell objects to work for you. Let me warn you in advance, however: Put on your advanced thinking caps for ...