Java String hashCode() method example

Java String hashCode() method returns the hash code for the String. Hash code value is used in hashing based collections like HashMap, HashTable etc. This method must be overridden in every class which overrides equals() method.

Read More: Contract between hashCode() and equals() methods

1. String hashCode() method

The hash code for a String object is computed as:

s[0]*31^(n-1) + s[1]*31^(n-2) + … + s[n-1]

where :

s[i] – is the ith character of the string
n – is the length of the string, and
^ – indicates exponentiation

String hashCode() overrides the Object.hashCode(). It return the hash code as integer value.

2. Java String hashCode() example

Java program for how to calculate hashcode of string.

public class StringExample 
{
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        String blogName = "howtodoinjava.com";
        
        System.out.println( blogName.hashCode() );
        
        System.out.println( "hello world".hashCode() );
    }
}

Program output.

1894145264
1794106052

Reference:

Java String Doc