Checksum.computeChecksumForString

Computes the checksum of a string.

The hexadecimal string returned will be in lower case.

class Checksum

static

string

computeChecksumForString

(

GChecksumType checksumType

string str

ptrdiff_t length

)

Parameters

checksumType GChecksumType: a #GChecksumType
str string: the string to compute the checksum of
length ptrdiff_t: the length of the string, or -1 if the string is null-terminated.

Type: string

the checksum as a hexadecimal string. The returned string should be freed with g_free() when done using it.