Function
GLibcompute_checksum_for_string
since: 2.16
Declaration [src]
gchar*
g_compute_checksum_for_string(
GChecksumTypechecksum_type,
constgchar*str,
gssizelength
)
Description [src]
Computes the checksum of a string.
The hexadecimal string returned will be in lower case.
Available since: 2.16
Parameters
checksum_type-
Type:
GChecksumTypeA
GChecksumType. str-
Type:
const gchar*The string to compute the checksum of.
The data is owned by the caller of the function.The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string. length-
Type:
gssizeThe length of the string, or -1 if the string is null-terminated.
Return value
Type: gchar*
The checksum as a hexadecimal string,
or NULL if g_checksum_new() fails for checksum_type. The returned string
should be freed with g_free() when done using it.
The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
The return value can be
NULL. The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.