CITS2002-labs/Week 8-workshop/hashstring.c

#include "hashstring.h"

//  FUNCTION hash_string() ACCEPTS A STRING PARAMETER,
//  AND RETURNS AN UNSIGNED 32-BIT INTEGER AS ITS RESULT
//
//  see:  https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/types/integer

uint32_t hash_string(char *string)
{
    uint32_t hash = 0;

    while(*string != '\0') {
        hash = hash*33 + *string;
        ++string;
    }
    return hash;
}