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layout: "language"
page_title: "md5 - Functions - Configuration Language"
sidebar_current: "docs-funcs-crypto-md5"
description: |-
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.
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`](./filemd5.html) calculates the same hash from
the contents of a file rather than from a string value.