Configurable hash functions

gistfile1.js

function max(a, b) {
    this.a = a;
    this.b = b;

    if (a > b) {
    return a;
  } else {
    return b;
  }
}

console.log(max(100,1000));


function simple_hash(key,table_size) {

    var hash = 0;
    var max_var = new Number();
    var max_var = max(100,1000);

    for (var i = 0; i < key.length; i++) {
	hash = (hash * 31) + key.charCodeAt(i);
    }

    return Math.abs(hash) % table_size;
}

console.log(simple_hash("test",max_var));