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// [_SHA256 hashes_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-2) are
// frequently used to compute short identities for binary
// or text blobs. For example, TLS/SSL certificates use SHA256
// to compute a certificate's signature. Here's how to compute
// SHA256 hashes in Go.
package main
// Go implements several hash functions in various
// `crypto/*` packages.
import (
"crypto/sha256"
"fmt"
)
func main() {
s := "sha256 this string"
// Here we start with a new hash.
h := sha256.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)
fmt.Println(s)
fmt.Printf("%x\n", bs)
}