Get MD5 Hash

Posted on By David Kittell 
Function getMD5Hash(ByVal strToHash As String) As String
        Dim md5Obj As New Security.Cryptography.MD5CryptoServiceProvider
        Dim bytesToHash() As Byte = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(strToHash)
        bytesToHash = md5Obj.ComputeHash(bytesToHash)
        Dim strResult As String = ""
        For Each b As Byte In bytesToHash
            strResult += b.ToString("x2")
        Next
        Return strResult
    End Function
Originally Posted on December 14, 2013
Last Updated on October 26, 2015
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