R/common-string2hash.R

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#' Generatation of hash values from a text strings
#' @keywords internal
#' @description
#' This function uses a sha256 algorithm to generate 
#' a hash from a text string.
#' @details
#' This function is used to generate unique identifier 
#' from text formulae that is used to store 
#' compiled associated code.
#' @author Ghislain Durif
#' @param str a text string.
#' @return the associated hash value as a character 
#' string.
#' @importFrom openssl sha256
#' @importFrom stringr str_sub
#' @export
string2hash <- function(str) {
    out <- paste("headers", str_sub(sha256(str), start = 1, end = 25), sep="")
    return(out)
}