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llMD5String

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function
Function syntax
string llMD5String(
  1. string src,// Source string to hash.
  2. integer nonce// Nonce string used as a salt.
);
Returns
string
Energy
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Returns a string of 32 hex characters representing the MD5 checksum of src salted with nonce (formatted as ':' + nonce).

Returns a string of 32 hex characters that is the MD5 checksum of src with a salt of ":"+nonce.

How to use
string result = llMD5String("", 0);

Specification

Section titled “Specification”

nonce is casted to string, then appended to src after a colon (src + ":" + nonce). This is important to know if you are calculating a hash in another language and wish to compare with one calculated in LSL. It could be written as MD5Hash(src + ":" + nonce)

The character encoding used by llMD5String is the UTF-8 format.

Examples

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Example 1
llSay(0, llMD5String("Hello, Avatar!", 0)); // returns 112abd47ceaae1c05a826828650434a6
Example 2

Linux Example

Section titled “Linux Example”
$ echo -n 'Hello, Avatar!:0' | openssl md5
112abd47ceaae1c05a826828650434a6

See also

Section titled “See also”

Functions

Section titled “Functions”
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