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Defined in header
template< class A > struct hash<std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, A>>; (1) (since C++11)
template< class A > struct hash<std::basic_string<char16_t, std::char_traits<char16_t>, A>>; (2) (since C++11)
template< class A > struct hash<std::basic_string<char32_t, std::char_traits<char32_t>, A>>; (3) (since C++11)
template< class A > struct hash<std::basic_string<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t>, A>>; (4) (since C++11)
template< class A > struct hash<std::basic_string<char8_t, std::char_traits<char8_t>, A>>; (5) (since C++20)

The template specializations of std::hash for the various string classes allow users to obtain hashes of strings.

These hashes equal the hashes of corresponding std::basic_string_view classes: If S is one of these string types, SV is the corresponding string view type, and s is an object of type S, then std::hash<S>()(s) == std::hash<SV>()(SV(s)). (since C++17)

[edit] Example

The following code shows one possible output of a hash function used on a string:

Possible output:

3544599705012401047 3544599705012401047 3544599705012401047

[edit] Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

DR Applied to Behavior as published Correct behavior
LWG 3705 C++11 hash support for std::basic_string with customized allocators was not enabled enabled

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