hashString

 

 

Overview

The hashString function converts the target object into an integer hash number.

Usage

The hashString function is used to convert a String or Symbol into a non-unique integer value for storage and later retrieval in a hash table.

 

Syntax

Expression:

(hashString aString)

Arguments Name Type Description
Argument:aStringString The String to be converted into a hash integer

Returns:

The String to be converted into a hash integer.


Expression:

(hashString aSymbol)

Arguments Name Type Description
Argument:aSymbolSymbol The Symbol to be converted into a hash integer

Returns:

A non-unique integer hash value.

 

Examples

Here are a number of links to Lambda coding examples which contain this instruction in various use cases.

 

Argument Types

Here are the links to the data types of the function arguments.

String Integer

Here are also a number of links to functions having arguments with any of these data types.

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