public class HashtableDictionary implements StringDictionaryAlgorithm
{
    static final boolean debug = false;
    Hashtable table = new Hashtable(); 
    int value = 0;
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    public boolean contains(java.lang.String key)
    {
        boolean isItThere = true;
        isItThere = table.containsKey(key);
        return isItThere;
    }
 
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    public boolean insert(java.lang.String key)
    {
        boolean didItAdd = true;
        boolean duplicate = true;
 
        duplicate = table.contains(key);
 
      if(duplicate == true)
      {
          didItAdd = false;
      }
      else if(duplicate == false)
      {
        Object whut = new Object();
        whut = table.put(key, value);
        whut = table.get(key);
        value++;
        if(whut == null)
        {
          didItAdd = false;
        }
      }
        return didItAdd;
    }
 
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    System.out.println("Here's what you want to use as keys in the hashtable: ");
 
    for (int i=0; i<args.length; i++)
    {
        System.out.print(args[i] + " ");
    }
    System.out.print("\n");
 
    HashtableDictionary dictionary = new HashtableDictionary();
    boolean added = true;
    boolean contains = false;
 
    for (int i=0; i<args.length; i++)               //ADD THINGS TO LIST
    {
      added = dictionary.insert(args[i]);
 
      if(added == false)
      {
        System.out.println("something didn't add right: " + args[i]);
      }
    }
 
    System.out.println("Your table:");
    System.out.println(dictionary.table.toString());
 
    String whatToFind = "dongs";
 
    contains = dictionary.contains(whatToFind);
 
    if(contains == false)
    {
      System.out.println("string isn't in the list: " + whatToFind);
    }
    else if(contains == true)
    {
      System.out.println("string is in the list: " + whatToFind);
    }
 
 
  }
 
}