is there any builtin javascript string hash function in newest browsers?

Question

Everytime a new versions of browsers show up I hear about new stuff being added, like say webGL and other technologies that no one really knows if they catch up.

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Answer 1

Paul Johnston has implemented the following algorithms in javascript

MD5, RIPEMD-160, SHA-1, SHA-256 and sha-512

You can find the source code and some examples here: http://pajhome.org.uk/crypt/md5/

I hope this is what you were looking for.