Is there a function that can turn a string into a hash?

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Ideally, 14 characters? Or, whatever works.

Seriously, @TIMEX, 737 questions in under 14 months of registration? That's almost two a day on average - much higher at times! And many of them are oh-so-basic questions which you could find answers for with a trivial search. Frankly, you would make more efficient use of your time and the time of others if you tried searching the web and StackOverflow before posting. — Chris Morgan, Dec 20 '10 at 10:35
possible duplicate of [Built in python hash() function](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/793761/built-in-python-hash-function) — SilentGhost, Dec 20 '10 at 11:02

user225312 · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-20T12:58:05.010

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This module implements a common interface to many different secure hash and message digest algorithms. Included are the FIPS secure hash algorithms SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, and SHA512 as well as RSA’s MD5 algorithm.

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answered Dec 20 '10 at 10:14

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 20 '10 at 10:24

14 hex digits is 56 bits.
14 base64 digits is 84 bits.

md5 is 128 bits, and sha1 is 160, so you could use a truncation of those - both can be generated by hashlib, along with other more recent sha2 hashes.

Which hash is appropriate depends on what the purpose of the hash is.

Is there a function that can turn a string into a hash?

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