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| '''Summary'''
|Computes the MD5 hash of the given {{Code|$value}}, which may be a string or a binary item (xs:base64Binary, xs:hexBinary).
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| '''Summary'''
|Computes the SHA-1 hash of the given {{Code|$value}}, which may be a string or a binary item (xs:base64Binary, xs:hexBinary).
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| '''Summary'''
|Computes the SHA-256 hash of the given {{Code|$value}}, which may be a string or a binary item (xs:base64Binary, xs:hexBinary).<br />
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| '''Examples'''
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| '''Summary'''
|Computes the hash of the given binary item (xs:base64Binary, xs:hexBinary){{Code|$value}}, using the specified {{Code|$algorithm}}.The specified values may be a string or a binary item (xs:base64Binary, xs:hexBinary)<br />The following three algorihms are supported: {{Code|MD5}}, {{Code|SHA-1}}, and {{Code|SHA-256}}.
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| '''Errors'''