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The sha1( function calculates the SHA-1 hash of a binary or text data item.

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Parameters

This function has one parameter:

data – The data to be hashed.

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Description

This function calculates the SHA-1 hash of a binary or text data item. SHA-1 produces a 160-bit (20-byte) hash value. A SHA-1 hash value is typically rendered as a hexadecimal number, 40 digits long. Here’s an example showing how the SHA-1 hash of a file can be calculated:

sha1(fileload("~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/AddressBook-v22.abcddb"))
    ☞ 6706b26566628b78b0911f8c6cc5ae83ce661c99

For more information about SHA-1 in general, see SHA-1.

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See Also

• decrypt( -- decrypts data.
• encrypt( -- encrypts data.
• md5( -- calculates the MD5 hash of a binary or text data item.
• sha256( -- calculates the SHA-256 hash of a binary or text data item.
• sha512( -- calculates the SHA-512 hash of a binary or text data item.

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History

Version	Status	Notes
10.0	New	New in this version.