What's the Perl equivalent of Ruby "foo".hash?

Question

The hash method on a Ruby String returns a number based on the string's length and content:

>> "foo".hash
=> 876516207

What's the equivalent in Perl?

Answer 1

If you want to get a digest of an arbitrary string, check out the Digest module on CPAN, which supports MD5 and SHA1/2. You can truncate the result for however many characters you need.