=head1 NAME

hashkit_value - Generate a value for the given key

=head1 LIBRARY

C Library for hashing algorithms (libhashkit, -lhashkit)

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  #include <libhashkit/hashkit.h>

  uint32_t hashkit_value(hashkit_st *hash,
                         const char *key,
                         size_t key_length);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

The hashkit_value() function generates a 32-bit hash value from the
given key and key_length. The hash argument is an initialized hashkit
object, and distribution type and hash function is used from this
object while generating the value.

=head1 RETURN VALUE

A 32-bit hash value.

=head1 HOME

To find out more information please check:
L<https://launchpad.net/libmemcached>

=head1 AUTHOR

Brian Aker, E<lt>brian@tangent.orgE<gt>

=head1 SEE ALSO

hashkit_create(3) hashkit_set_distribution(3) hashkit_set_hash_fn(3)

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