Mark McGranaghan 68661d5488 sha1 hashes
2012-10-10 09:27:40 -07:00

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// SHA1 hashes are frequently used to compute short
// identities for binary or text blobs. For example, the
// [git revision control system](http://git-scm.com/) uses
// SHA1s extensively to identify versioned files and
// directories. Here's how to compute SHA1 hashes in Go.
package main
// Go implements several hash functions in various
// `crtypo/*` packages.
import "crypto/sha1"
import "encoding/hex"
import "fmt"
func main() {
s := "sha1 this string"
// The pattern for generating a hash is `sha1.New()`,
// `sha1.Write(bytes)`, then `sha1.Sum([]byte{}).
// Here we start with a new hash.
h := sha1.New()
// `Write` expects bytes. If you have a string `s`,
// use `[]byte(s)` to coerce it to bytes.
h.Write([]byte(s))
// This gets the finalized hash result as a byte
// slice. The argument to `Sum` can be used to append
// to an existing byte slice: it usually isn't needed.
bs := h.Sum(nil)
// SHA1 values are often printed in hex, for example
// in git commits. Use `hex.EncodeToString` to convert
// a hash results to a hex string.
fmt.Println(s)
fmt.Println(hex.EncodeToString(bs))
}