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sidebar_label: md5
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The md5 function computes the MD5 hash of a given string and encodes it
with hexadecimal digits.
---
# `md5` Function
`md5` computes the MD5 hash of a given string and encodes it with
hexadecimal digits.
The given string is first encoded as UTF-8 and then the MD5 algorithm is applied
as defined in [RFC 1321](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1321). The raw hash is
then encoded to lowercase hexadecimal digits before returning.
Collision attacks have been successfully performed against this hashing
function. Before using this function for anything security-sensitive, refer to
[RFC 6151](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6151) for updated security
considerations applying to the MD5 algorithm.
## Examples
```
> md5("hello world")
5eb63bbbe01eeed093cb22bb8f5acdc3
```
## Related Functions
* [`filemd5`](../../language/functions/filemd5.mdx) calculates the same hash from
the contents of a file rather than from a string value.