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Calculates the sha256 hash of the specified string.

Tip

The sha module and this function may conflict with eachother, if you use this function uninstall the module! This function returns an uppercase string, so make sure you string.upper() anything else you are checking against that has been sha256'd elsewhere.

Syntax

string sha256 ( string str )
Required Arguments
  • str: the string to hash.

Returns

  • string: value

Returns the sha256 hash of the input string if successful, false otherwise.

Code Examples

shared 
addCommandHandler ( "sha", -- Create a command
  function ( thePlayer, command, input )
    if ( input ) then -- Check if the string exist
      local sha256hash = sha256( input ) -- Generate the hash
      outputChatBox( sha256hash ) -- Output the hash in the chat
    end
  end
)

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