# std::hash(std::basic_string)

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Defined in header `<string>` |  |
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)

### Example

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

Run this code

    #include <functional>
    #include <iostream>
    #include <memory_resource>
    #include <string>
    #include <string_view>
    using namespace std::literals;

    int main()
    {
        auto sv = "Stand back! I've got jimmies!"sv;
        std::string s(sv);
        std::pmr::string pmrs(sv); // use default allocator

        std::cout << std::hash<std::string_view>{}(sv) << '\n';
        std::cout << std::hash<std::string>{}(s) << '\n';
        std::cout << std::hash<std::pmr::string>{}(pmrs) << '\n';
    }

Possible output:

    3544599705012401047
    3544599705012401047
    3544599705012401047

### 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

### See also

hash (C++11) | hash function object (class template)
std::hash<std::string_view>std::hash<std::wstring_view>std::hash<std::u8string_view>std::hash<std::u16string_view>std::hash<std::u32string_view> (C++17)(C++17)(C++20)(C++17)(C++17) | hash support for string views (class template specialization)

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