checksum {matter} | R Documentation

## Calculate Checksums and Cryptographic Hashes

### Description

This is a generic function for applying cryptographic hash functions and calculating checksums for arbitrary R objects.

### Usage

    checksum(x, ...)

    ## S4 method for signature 'matter'
    checksum(x, algo = c("sha1", "md5"), ...)

### Arguments

`x` | An object to be hashed.
`algo` | The hash function to use.
`...` | Additional arguments to be passed to the hash function.

### Details

The method for `matter` objects calculates checksums of each of the files in the object's `paths`.

### Value

A character vector giving the hash or hashes of the object.

### Author(s)

Kylie A. Bemis

### See Also

`digest`

### Examples

    x <- matter(1:10)
    y <- matter(1:10)

    checksum(x)
    checksum(y) # should be the same

[Package matter version 1.12.0 Index]