Re: Calculating a checksum on a reference

Hi,

Is dereferencing okay? You can checksum like:

# you can find this documented in various places
# I believe its known as a System V sum.
my $sum = unpack( "%32C*", $string ) % 65535 ;
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So, if you had a reference, you could just dereference it.

my $sum = unpack( "%32C*", $$str_ref ) % 65535 ;
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Peace,

Bro. Doug :wq

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Re^2: Calculating a checksum on a reference by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 20, 2007 at 03:39 UTC
The OP asked about array or hash references, not references to strings. Seems to me he wants to checksum the array's or hash's content.	[reply]