Extracted from Pike v7.8 release 866 at 2016-11-06.
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Method hash()


Method hash

int hash(string s)
int hash(string s, int max)

Description

Return an integer derived from the string s . The same string always hashes to the same value, also between processes.

If max is given, the result will be >= 0 and < max , otherwise the result will be >= 0 and <= 0x7fffffff.

Note

This function is provided for backward compatibility reasons.

This function is not NUL-safe, and is byte-order dependant.

See also

hash() , 7.4::hash()


Method hash

int hash(string s, int|void f)

Description

Calculate a hash of a string (Pike 7.0 compatibility).

This function is now available as hash_7_0() .

See also

hash_7_0() , hash()