How to simplify this C code?

I want to simplify the following code in C. Is there any hash table in C to make it simple? Fo开发者_StackOverflowr example "dict" in Python.

int a, b, c, d ......

a = get_value_from_sth( A_NAME )

b = get_value_from_sth( B_NAME )

c = get_value_from_sth( C_NAME )

d = get_value_from_sth( D_NAME )

......

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No, C does not have a built-in hash table type like Python's dicts. You may be able to get by with an array, depending on your needs.

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Check out glib hash tables. Not "official" or "built in," but widely used and as close as you can get to a standard hash table implementation for C.

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You will need to create a function to map a ptr to a value in an array.

This is how python does it. http://docs.python.org/c-api/dict.html

Personally I do not bother. It's C. The best solution will still be ugly.