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How to create hashes (message digests) for strings.

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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    const crypt = try chilkat.Crypt2.init();
    defer crypt.deinit();

    const s = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";

    crypt.setHashAlgorithm("sha1");
    crypt.setEncodingMode("hex");

    // Other possible EncodingMode settings are:
    // "quoted-printable", "base64","url", and many more..

    var hash: [:0]const u8 = try crypt.hashStringENC(alloc, s);
    std.debug.print("SHA1: {s}\n", .{hash});

    // Hash using MD2
    crypt.setHashAlgorithm("md2");
    hash = try crypt.hashStringENC(alloc, s);
    std.debug.print("MD2: {s}\n", .{hash});

    // Hash using MD5
    crypt.setHashAlgorithm("md5");
    hash = try crypt.hashStringENC(alloc, s);
    std.debug.print("MD5: {s}\n", .{hash});

    // Note: SHA-2 is a set of cryptographic hash functions (SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512)

    // Hash using SHA-256
    crypt.setHashAlgorithm("sha256");
    hash = try crypt.hashStringENC(alloc, s);
    std.debug.print("SHA256: {s}\n", .{hash});

    // Hash using SHA-384
    crypt.setHashAlgorithm("sha384");
    hash = try crypt.hashStringENC(alloc, s);
    std.debug.print("SHA384: {s}\n", .{hash});

    // Hash using SHA-512
    crypt.setHashAlgorithm("sha512");
    hash = try crypt.hashStringENC(alloc, s);
    std.debug.print("SHA512: {s}\n", .{hash});

    // Hash using HAVAL
    // There are two additional properties relevant to HAVAL:
    // HavalRounds, and KeyLength.
    // HavalRounds can have values of 3, 4, or 5.
    // KeyLength can have values of 128, 160, 192, 224, or 256
    crypt.setHashAlgorithm("haval");
    crypt.setHavalRounds(5);
    crypt.setKeyLength(256);
    hash = try crypt.hashStringENC(alloc, s);
    std.debug.print("Haval: {s}\n", .{hash});

    // Hashes for "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"

    // SHA1:
    // 2FD4E1C67A2D28FCED849EE1BB76E7391B93EB12

    // MD2:
    // 03D85A0D629D2C442E987525319FC471

    // MD5:
    // 9E107D9D372BB6826BD81D3542A419D6

    // SHA256:
    // D7A8FBB307D7809469CA9ABCB0082E4F8D5651E46D3CDB762D02D0BF37C9E592

    // SHA384:
    // CA737F1014A48F4C0B6DD43CB177B0AFD9E5169367544C494011E3317DBF9A509CB1E5DC1E85A941BBEE3D7F2AFBC9B1

    // SHA512:
    // 07E547D9586F6A73F73FBAC0435ED76951218FB7D0C8D788A309D785436BBB642E93A252A954F23912547D1E8A3B5ED6E1BFD7097821233FA0538F3DB854FEE6

    // Haval:
    // B89C551CDFE2E06DBD4CEA2BE1BC7D557416C58EBB4D07CBC94E49F710C55BE4
}