clarity-js/src/core/hash.ts

An analytics library that uses web page interactions to generate aggregated insights

export default function (input: string, precision: number = null): string {
    // Code inspired from C# GetHashCode: https://github.com/Microsoft/referencesource/blob/master/mscorlib/system/string.cs
    let hash = 0;
    let hashOne = 5381;
    let hashTwo = hashOne;
    for (let i = 0; i < input.length; i += 2) {
        const charOne = input.charCodeAt(i);
        hashOne = ((hashOne << 5) + hashOne) ^ charOne;
        if (i + 1 < input.length) {
            const charTwo = input.charCodeAt(i + 1);
            hashTwo = ((hashTwo << 5) + hashTwo) ^ charTwo;
        }
    }
    // Replace the magic number from C# implementation (1566083941) with a smaller prime number (11579)
    // This ensures we don't hit integer overflow and prevent collisions
    hash = Math.abs(hashOne + hashTwo * 11579);
    return (precision ? hash % 2 ** precision : hash).toString(36);
}