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title: "encode:sha1 — SHA-1 hash"
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# encode:sha1 — SHA-1 hash

ENCODE:SHA1 generates the SHA-1 hash of a value as a 40-character hexadecimal number using the US Secure Hash Algorithm 1.

### Attributes
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| var | var |  | Result variable name |

### Children
- (none)

### Parents
- (not restricted in the reference)

### Result
- binding: var; type: string

### Examples

```xml
<output>
	<encode:sha1>My name is iXML!</encode:sha1>
</output>

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```