VB - Ermittelt eines Hashwertes aus einem angegebenen String.

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    ''' <summary>
    ''' Ermittelt den Hashwert eines übergebenen Strings
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <param name="Value">String dessen Hashwert ermittelt werden soll</param>
    ''' <returns>den HashWert de sübergebenen Strings. 
    ''' Einen String wie z. B: 
    ''' "D4-1D-8C-D9-8F-00-B2-04-E9-80-09-98-EC-F8-42-7E"</returns>
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    Public Shared Function ConvertToHash(ByVal Value As String) As String
        Dim data1ToHash As Byte() = ConvertStringToByteArray(Value)
        Dim hashvalue As Byte() = CType(System.Security.Cryptography.CryptoConfig.CreateFromName("MD5"), System.Security.Cryptography.HashAlgorithm).ComputeHash(data1ToHash)

        Return System.BitConverter.ToString(hashvalue)
    End Function 'ConvertToHash

    Public Shared Function ConvertStringToByteArray(ByVal s As String) As Byte()
        Return (New System.Text.UnicodeEncoding).GetBytes(s)
    End Function 'ConvertStringToByteArray