RIPEMD Hash a String

Demonstrates how to RIPEMD hash a string using RIPEMD-128, RIPEMD-160, RIPEMD-256, and RIPEMD-320.

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require 'rubygems'
require 'chilkat'

crypt = Chilkat::CkCrypt2.new()

#  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
success = crypt.UnlockComponent("30-day trial")
if (success != true)
    print crypt.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

content = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"

#  The desired output is a hexidecimal string:
crypt.put_EncodingMode("hex")

#  Set the hash algorithm:
crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("ripemd128")

hashStr = crypt.hashStringENC(content)

print hashStr + "\n";

#  The output is:
#  FD2AA607F71DC8F510714922B371834E

crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("ripemd160")
hashStr = crypt.hashStringENC(content)
print hashStr + "\n";

#  The output is:
#  F71C27109C692C1B56BBDCEB5B9D2865B3708DBC

crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("ripemd256")
hashStr = crypt.hashStringENC(content)
print hashStr + "\n";

#  The output is:
#  649D3034751EA216776BF9A18ACC81BC7896118A5197968782DD1FD97D8D5133

crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("ripemd320")
hashStr = crypt.hashStringENC(content)
print hashStr + "\n";

#  The output is:
#  CABDB1810B92470A2093AA6BCE05952C28348CF43FF60841975166BB40ED234004B8824463E6B009