NAME

hash_string - hash a string with a given algorithm

SYNOPSIS

string hash_string(string algo, string str, string extra...)

DESCRIPTION

Hash a string, possibly after concatenation of optional extra
arguments, with the given algorithm.  The following hash algorithms are
defined:

"crypt" Unix password crypt.  Unless the salt is specified in an
	extra argument, it is randomly chosen.  The result is a
	string of 13 characters.
"MD5"	The MD5 message digest (128 bits).  Extra arguments are
	concatenated before the hash is calculated.  The result is
	a string of 16 characters.
"SHA1"	The SHA-1 message digest (160 bits).  Extra arguments are
	concatenated before the hash is calculated.  The result is
	a string of 20 characters.

SEE ALSO

• kfuns/hash_crc16
• kfuns/hash_crc32