TStringHashList.HashOf function

Declaration

function HashOf(const Key: string): Cardinal

Description

HashOf is a Cardinal function used to calculate and return the 32-bit hash value for the String in Key. HashOf examines all bytes values in Key (in reverse order). When CaseSensitive is set to False, the characters are converted to their uppercase equivalent for use in the hashing algorithm. Range and overflow checking are disabled in the HashOf method.

HashOf is used in the Add method to calculate the HashValue stored in the PStringHashItem entry for the hash item. It is also used in the Find method to get the hash value to locate in the storage for the List.

See also

• Add
• Find
• CaseSensitive
• List
• PStringHashItem