IM::MD5(3pm)

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✨ IM::MD5 — MD5 message-digesting ✨

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Internet Message Perl modules family, and today we're talking about IM::MD5, the little module that does the MD5 message-digest thing. no cap. 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the vibe, in code:

use IM::MD5;

$digest = &md5_str($text);

that's it. that's the whole mood. you pull it in, you feed it text, it hands you back a digest. 💅

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so, IM::MD5 handles the MD5 message-digest algorithm. that's literally its job. it's giving one-task queen and we respect it.

and this module is provided by IM (Internet Message). so like, it's part of that whole ecosystem, iykyk. 🌈

🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

okay here's where it gets fun, bestie. watch what &md5_str does with these inputs — every single one, no skipping:

  • &md5_str("") returns d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e.
  • &md5_str("a") returns 0cc175b9c0f1b6a831c399e269772661.
  • &md5_str("abc") returns 900150983cd24fb0d6963f7d28e17f72.
  • &md5_str("message digest") returns f96b697d7cb7938d525a2f31aaf161d0.
  • &md5_str("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz") returns c3fcd3d76192e4007dfb496cca67e13b.
  • &md5_str("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789") returns d174ab98d277d9f5a5611c2c9f419d9f.
  • &md5_str("12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890") returns 57edf4a22be3c955ac49da2e2107b67a.

and if you wanna run the built-in test, she's right here:

% perl -MIM::MD5 -e 'IM::MD5::MD5_TEST()'

go ahead. run it. it's iconic. 🦋

okay so, receipts time. this module is derived from md5.pl, which is copyrighted by NAKAMURA, Motonori <motonori@econ.kyoto-u.ac.jp>. it got converted to Perl4 from a C version, and that C version was derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm. lineage? immaculate. 🌟

and IM (Internet Message) is copyrighted by the IM developing team. you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the modified BSD license. for all the fine print, go check the copyright file. it's all there, fr fr. 📜

ngl, if you're shipping this anywhere important, remember MD5 is old-school — but that's the module, bestie, and she does exactly what she says on the tin. 💖

and that's the whole page!! this was IM::MD5(3pm) from IM153, dated 2016-10-10. slay, mwah, go hash something. 🎀✨💅

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