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edited Apr 17, 2017 at 12:18

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The hash method is defined for all objects. See documentation documentation:

Generates a Fixnum hash value for this object. This function must have the property that a.eql?(b) implies a.hash == b.hash. The hash value is used by class Hash. Any hash value that exceeds the capacity of a Fixnum will be truncated before being used.

So the String.hash method is defined in C-Code. Basically (over-simplified) it just sums up the characters in that string.

The hash method is defined for all objects. See documentation:

Generates a Fixnum hash value for this object. This function must have the property that a.eql?(b) implies a.hash == b.hash. The hash value is used by class Hash. Any hash value that exceeds the capacity of a Fixnum will be truncated before being used.

So the String.hash method is defined in C-Code. Basically (over-simplified) it just sums up the characters in that string.

The hash method is defined for all objects. See documentation:

Generates a Fixnum hash value for this object. This function must have the property that a.eql?(b) implies a.hash == b.hash. The hash value is used by class Hash. Any hash value that exceeds the capacity of a Fixnum will be truncated before being used.

So the String.hash method is defined in C-Code. Basically (over-simplified) it just sums up the characters in that string.

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edited May 26, 2014 at 22:26

David Harkness

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The hash method is defined for all objects. See documentation:

Generates a Fixnum hash value for this object. This function must have the property that a.eql?(b) implies a.hash == b.hash. The The hash value is used by class Hash. Any hash value that exceeds the capacity of a Fixnum will be truncated before being used.

So the String.hash method is defined in C-Code. Basically (over-simplified) it just sums up the characters in that string.

The hash method is defined for all objects. See documentation:

Generates a Fixnum hash value for this object. This function must have the property that a.eql?(b) implies a.hash == b.hash. The hash value is used by class Hash. Any hash value that exceeds the capacity of a Fixnum will be truncated before being used.

So the String.hash method is defined in C-Code. Basically (over-simplified) it just sums up the characters in that string.

The hash method is defined for all objects. See documentation:

Generates a Fixnum hash value for this object. This function must have the property that a.eql?(b) implies a.hash == b.hash. The hash value is used by class Hash. Any hash value that exceeds the capacity of a Fixnum will be truncated before being used.

So the String.hash method is defined in C-Code. Basically (over-simplified) it just sums up the characters in that string.

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edited Mar 24, 2010 at 7:51

Josh Lee

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The hash method is defined for all objects. See documentation:

Generates a FixnumFixnum hash value for this object. This function must have the property that a.eql?(b)a.eql?(b) implies a.hash == b.hasha.hash == b.hash. The hash value is used by class HashHash. Any hash value that exceeds the capacity of a FixnumFixnum will be truncated before being used.

So the String.hash method is defined in C-Code. Basically (over-simplified) it just sums up the characters in that string.

The hash method is defined for all objects. See documentation:

Generates a Fixnum hash value for this object. This function must have the property that a.eql?(b) implies a.hash == b.hash. The hash value is used by class Hash. Any hash value that exceeds the capacity of a Fixnum will be truncated before being used.

So the String.hash method is defined in C-Code. Basically (over-simplified) it just sums up the characters in that string.

The hash method is defined for all objects. See documentation:

Generates a Fixnum hash value for this object. This function must have the property that a.eql?(b) implies a.hash == b.hash. The hash value is used by class Hash. Any hash value that exceeds the capacity of a Fixnum will be truncated before being used.

So the String.hash method is defined in C-Code. Basically (over-simplified) it just sums up the characters in that string.