1-djb2.c

Author: GamilaCoding

0x1A-hash_tables/1-djb2.c

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+#include "hash_tables.h"
+
+/**
+ * hash_djb2 - Hash function implementing the djb2 algorithm.
+ * @str: The string to hash.
+ *
+ * Return: The calculated hash.
+ */
+unsigned long int hash_djb2(const unsigned char *str)
+{
+	unsigned long int hash;
+	int c;
+
+	hash = 5381;
+	while ((c = *str++))
+		hash = ((hash << 5) + hash) + c; /* hash * 33 + c */
+
+	return (hash);
+}