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Generate a Hash from string in Javascript

I need to convert strings to some form of hash. Is this possible in JavaScript?

I'm not utilizing a server-side language so I can't do it that way.

Solution 

  • const generateHash = (string) => {
  let hash = 0;
  for (const char of string) {
    hash = (hash << 5) - hash + char.charCodeAt(0);
    hash |= 0; // Constrain to 32bit integer
  }
  return hash;
};

console.log(generateHash('revenue'))