GLib.compute_checksum_for_string

function compute_checksum_for_string(checksum_type: GLib.ChecksumType, str: String, length: Number(gssize)): String {
    // Gjs wrapper for g_compute_checksum_for_string()
}

Computes the checksum of a string.

The hexadecimal string returned will be in lower case.

Since 2.16

checksum_type

a GLib.ChecksumType

str

the string to compute the checksum of

length

the length of the string, or -1 if the string is null-terminated.

Returns

the checksum as a hexadecimal string. The returned string should be freed with GLib.free when done using it.