bsdsum

Documentation

Overview

Package bsdsum implements the BSD checksum algorithm BSD checksum is also known as UNIX sum

Index

• Constants
• func Bsdsum(data []byte) uint16
• func New() unixsums.Hash16

Examples

• Bsdsum
• New

Constants

const Size = 2

The size of a BSD checksum value

Functions

func Bsdsum

func Bsdsum(data []byte) uint16

Bsdsum returns the BSD checksum of the given byte array

Example

data := []byte("Go is expressive, concise, clean, and efficient.")
fmt.Printf("sum: %d", Bsdsum(data))

Output:

sum: 8092

func New

func New() unixsums.Hash16

New returns a new hash.Hash computing the BSD checksum value

Example

c := New()
io.WriteString(c, "Go is an open source programming environment.")
fmt.Printf("sum: %d", c.Sum16())

Output:

sum: 16973