Python Documentation Function hash

Function defined in library builtins

hash(object)

Returns the hash value of an object.

Hash values are integers used to quickly compare objects (e.g., keys in a dictionary when doing a lookup).

Parameters

objectobject to compute the hash value for

Return

Hash value of the object

Examples

Code

hash('Python')

Result

7659224494485679784

Code

hash('python')

Result

-8305685934456145759

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