====== HashHex(algorithm, text) ======
Category:  Web function

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=====Description=====
This function calculates the hexadecimal hash of a given text value using one of the algorithms listed in the table, below.

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=====Arguments=====
^Argument^Type^Description^
|algorithm  | Text |The method to use to generate the hash from //text//.  See the table below.  |
|text  |Text |The text string from which the hash value is generated.  |
**Return value type:** Text.

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^Algorithm  ^Notes  ^
|md5    | |
|sha1 |  |
|sha256    | |
|sha384    | |
|sha512    | |

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=====Remarks=====
Data types other than text are not converted into text automatically. All texts are assumed to have the UTF-8 encoding. The algorithm name is case-insensitive. The value is case-sensitive.

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=====Examples=====
  hashhex("md5", "Curiouser and curiouser!")  //Returns '729528e852be58bfdbe25add1f48f487'

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=====See also=====
  * [[syntax:functions:hash|Hash(value)]]
  * [[syntax:functions:hmachex|HMACHex(algorithm, key, value)]]