How can I implement hashing in Python?

How can I implement hashing in Python?

You can use the hashlib library in Python to implement hashing. Would you like a code example?

Yes, please provide a code example for SHA-256.

Here's a simple example:

import hashlib

# Create a SHA-256 hash object
hash_object = hashlib.sha256()

# Update the hash object with the bytes of the string
hash_object.update(b'Hello, World!')

# Get the hexadecimal representation of the hash
hex_dig = hash_object.hexdigest()
print(hex_dig)

What other hashing algorithms can I use with hashlib?

You can use algorithms like MD5, SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, and SHA-512 with the hashlib library.