What's the Perl equivalent of Ruby "foo".hash?
hashcode, perl, ruby
Solution
If you want to get a digest of an arbitrary string, check out the Digest module on CPAN, which supports MD5 and SHA1/2. You can truncate the result for however many characters you need.
Problem
The hash method on a Ruby String returns a number based on the string's length and content: ``` >> "foo".hash => 876516207 ``` What's the equivalent in Perl?