debian man page for strhash

STRHASH(3pub)						       C Programmer's Manual						     STRHASH(3pub)

NAME
       strhash - hash function for strings

SYNOPSIS
       #include <publib.h>
       unsigned long strhash(const char *s);

DESCRIPTION
       strhash is a hash function for strings.	It uses an algorithm that tries to be good in most cases, but it is often possible to use a better
       algorithm that takes better into account the characteristics of the data for a given application.  However, strhash often good enough; test
       it before spending time to develop a better one.

RETURN VALUE
       strhash returns the computed hash value.  Note that the value is not scaled into any particular range (all values that an unsigned long can
       take are possible).  The caller will have to do the scaling himself.

SEE ALSO
       publib(3), hashtab(3)

AUTHOR
       Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)

Publib							       C Programmer's Manual						     STRHASH(3pub)