hashes.adler32

Adler-32 is a checksum algorithm which was invented by Mark Adler in 1995. Compared to a cyclic redundancy check of the same length, it trades reliability for speed (preferring the latter). Adler-32 is more reliable than Fletcher-16, and slightly less reliable than Fletcher-32.[2]

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adler-32

Attributes

MOD_ADLER

Functions

adler32(→ int)

Function implements adler-32 hash.

Module Contents

hashes.adler32.adler32(plain_text: str) → int

Function implements adler-32 hash. Iterates and evaluates a new value for each character

>>> adler32('Algorithms')
363791387

>>> adler32('go adler em all')
708642122

hashes.adler32.MOD_ADLER = 65521