CRYPTO.HASH

Creates an hash value for given text. The used hash algorithm can be optionally specified. For a list of supported hash algorithms please refer to Hash Algorithms. The used hash algorithms are from the OpenSSL Library. See their docs for more details.

Syntax

=CRYPTO.HASH(Text, [Algorithm])

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
Text	String	A text to create hash value for.
Algorithm (optional)	String	The hash algorithm to use. Defaults to "sha256"

Return

The hash value or an Error Code

Examples

Formula	Result	Comment
=CRYPTO.HASH("hello")	2cf24dba5fb0a30e26e83b2ac5b9e29e1b161e5c1fa7425e73043362938b9824	By default "sha256" is used.
=CRYPTO.HASH("hello","md5")	5d41402abc4b2a76b9719d911017c592	Same text as before but creates an hash using "md5" algorithm.