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HashAlgorithm::ComputeHash Method (array<Byte>^)

 

Computes the hash value for the specified byte array.

Namespace:   System.Security.Cryptography
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

public:
array<unsigned char>^ ComputeHash(
	array<unsigned char>^ buffer
)

Parameters

buffer
Type: array<System::Byte>^

The input to compute the hash code for.

Return Value

Type: array<System::Byte>^

The computed hash code.

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

buffer is null.

ObjectDisposedException

The object has already been disposed.

The following example computes the MD5 hash value of a string and returns the hash as a 32-character, hexadecimal-formatted string. The hash string created by this code example is compatible with any MD5 hash function (on any platform) that creates a 32-character, hexadecimal-formatted hash string.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
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