15.5.1 - Map Interface
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Practice Questions
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What does the put method do in a Map?
💡 Hint: Think about how you would add an item to a list.
True or False: A Map can have duplicate keys.
💡 Hint: Consider if you can have two identical names in a contact list.
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Which of the following methods adds a key-value pair to a Map?
💡 Hint: Consider which option sounds like it relates to 'adding'.
True or False: A TreeMap automatically sorts keys.
💡 Hint: Think about how trees grow: do they follow an order?
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Create a method that counts the number of occurrences of each character in a string. Use a HashMap for this solution.
💡 Hint: Think about how you can check if a character already exists in your Map.
Implement a contact manager using a LinkedHashMap where you can add, find, and update contacts based on unique names.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when you want to look for a name: does order matter?
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