string.hashMD5

Syntax string.hashMD5 (s, flTranslate = true)
Params s is the input data.

flTranslate is an optional boolean parameter, determining the format of the return value.
Action Coerces s to a string and computes a hash value using the MD5 algorithm.
Returns The MD5 hash value of s. If flTranslate is true (the default), the hash value is returned as a string in hexadecimal notation (32 characters), otherwise a 16-byte binary object of unknown type is returned.
Examples string.hashMD5 ("")

   » "d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e"

string.hashMD5 ("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")

   » "c3fcd3d76192e4007dfb496cca67e13b"

string.hashMD5 ("message digest")

   » "f96b697d7cb7938d525a2f31aaf161d0"
Notes This verb is based on the reference implementation of the "RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm" in RFC 1321.

The MD5 algorithm is used for HTTP Digest Authentication (RFC 2617) and various other Internet protocols.

This verb is new in Frontier 6.1.

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