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Hash (Digest) a String

Hash the bytes of a string. Zig

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

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

    const sb = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb.deinit();

    sb.append("Hello World") catch {};

    // Hashing algorithms (i.e. digest algorithms) operate on raw bytes.
    // Therefore, we must specify the character encoding (utf-8, utf-16, iso-8859-1, etc.) to be used when hashing.

    // Get the SHA256 hash in hex
    const sha256_hex = try sb.getHash(alloc, "sha256", "hex", "utf-8");
    std.debug.print("SHA256: {s}\n", .{sha256_hex});

    // Get the SHA384 hash in hex lowercase
    const sha384_hex = try sb.getHash(alloc, "sha384", "hex_lower", "utf-8");
    std.debug.print("SHA384: {s}\n", .{sha384_hex});

    // Get the SHA512 hash in base64
    const sha512_base64 = try sb.getHash(alloc, "sha512", "base64", "utf-8");
    std.debug.print("SHA512: {s}\n", .{sha512_base64});

    // Get the SHA1 hash in hex lowercase
    const sha1_hex = try sb.getHash(alloc, "sha1", "hex_lower", "utf-8");
    std.debug.print("SHA1: {s}\n", .{sha1_hex});

    // Get the CRC8 digest in decimal
    const crc8_decimal = try sb.getHash(alloc, "crc8", "decimal", "utf-8");
    std.debug.print("CRC8: {s}\n", .{crc8_decimal});
}