Probing and Hashing problem

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    Hi guys, for a University assignment (referral, eek!) I need to hash and sort some data. Which isn't too bad, but then I need to write a program displaying the results in C#. Here's the data I need to work with, and my worked out values:

    Hashing function H(Ln) = n%10
    Probing function P(Ln) = max (1, n/10)

    A1 % 10 = 1
    I9 % 10 = 9
    R18 % 10 = 8
    S19 % 10 = 9
    E5 % 10 = 5
    O15 % 10 = 5
    Y25 % 10 = 5


    This tells me that the data should appear in the table as such:


    0 -
    1 - A1
    2 -
    3 - Y25

    4 - O15

    5 - E5

    6 -

    7 - S19

    8 - R19

    9 - E5


    But, when I code it, the results tell me S19 appears in row 6 as opposed to row 7! Please can you take a look at my code and tell me exactly where I've gone wrong? Thanks.


    Code:
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Text;
    
    namespace ReferralAssignment1Question1
    {
        public class ReferralHashing
        {
            public struct Referral
            {
                //Define the variables
                public int value1;
                public string withLetter;
    
                public Referral(int a, string b, string c)
                {
                    value1 = a;
                    withLetter = b;
                }
            }
    
            //Input the hashing and probing formulas
            public int hashing(int n)
            {
                int position;
    
                position = n % 10;
                return position;
            }
    
            public int probe(int n)
            {
                int position;
    
                position = Math.Max(1, n / 10);
                return position;
            }
    
            public int wrap(int h, int p, int[] f)
            {
                int d;
    
                d = h - p;
    
                if (d < 0)
                {
                    d = 10 + (h - p);
                }
                if (f[d] == 1)
                {
                    d = d - p;
                    d = wrap(d, p, f);
                }
    
                return d;
            }
    
            public static void Main(string[] args)
            {
                //Input the values to be processed
                int key = 0;
                int pos = 0;
                int h;
                int p;
                int[] flag = new int[10] { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
                int[] value1 = new int[7] { 1, 9, 18, 19, 5, 15, 25 };
                string[] withLetter = new string[7] {"A1",
                                                 "I9",
                                                 "R18",
                                                 "S19",
                                                 "E5",
                                                 "O15",
                                                 "Y25"};
    
                Referral[] bl = new Referral[10];
                for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
                {
                    bl[i] = new Referral();
                }
    
                ReferralHashing blh = new ReferralHashing();
    
                for (int i = 0; i < 7; i++)
                {
                    key = value1[i];
                    h = blh.hashing(key);
                    if (flag[h] == 1)
                    {
                        p = blh.probe(key);
                        pos = blh.wrap(h, p, flag);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        pos = h;
                    }
                    flag[pos] = 1;
                    bl[pos].value1 = value1[i];
                    bl[pos].withLetter = withLetter[i];
    
                    //Display the results in the console
                    Console.WriteLine(bl[pos].withLetter + "'s position in the table: " + pos);
                }
            }
        }
    }
    
     

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