Simple String Hash

Generate a simple numeric hash from a string.

Code

Utilities

let hash = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
  hash = ((hash << 5) - hash) + str.charCodeAt(i);
  hash |= 0;
}
return Math.abs(hash).toString();

Parameters

str(string)

String to hash.

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