Hashing

djb2_hash

unsigned long
hash(unsigned char *str)
{
    unsigned long hash = 5381;
    int c;

    while (c = *str++)
        hash = ((hash << 5) + hash) + c; /* hash * 33 + c */

    return hash;
}

hash_function

unsigned hash(const char* s)
{
    unsigned h = SALT;
    while (*s)
        h = h * 101 + (unsigned char*) *s++;
    return h;
}

hash_speeds

Hash           Lowercase      Random UUID  Numbers 
=============  =============  ===========  ==============
Murmur            145 ns      259 ns          92 ns
                    6 collis    5 collis       0 collis
FNV-1a            152 ns      504 ns          86 ns
                    4 collis    4 collis       0 collis
FNV-1             184 ns      730 ns          92 ns
                    1 collis    5 collis       0 collis*
DBJ2a             158 ns      443 ns          91 ns
                    5 collis    6 collis       0 collis***
DJB2              156 ns      437 ns          93 ns
                    7 collis    6 collis       0 collis***
SDBM              148 ns      484 ns          90 ns
                    4 collis    6 collis       0 collis**
SuperFastHash     164 ns      344 ns         118 ns
                   85 collis    4 collis   18742 collis
CRC32             250 ns      946 ns         130 ns
                    2 collis    0 collis       0 collis
LoseLose          338 ns        -             -
               215178 collis

murmur_hash

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// MurmurHash2, by Austin Appleby

// Note - This code makes a few assumptions about how your machine behaves -

// 1. We can read a 4-byte value from any address without crashing
// 2. sizeof(int) == 4

// And it has a few limitations -

// 1. It will not work incrementally.
// 2. It will not produce the same results on little-endian and big-endian
//    machines.

unsigned int MurmurHash2 ( const void * key, int len, unsigned int seed )
{
	// 'm' and 'r' are mixing constants generated offline.
	// They're not really 'magic', they just happen to work well.

	const unsigned int m = 0x5bd1e995;
	const int r = 24;

	// Initialize the hash to a 'random' value

	unsigned int h = seed ^ len;

	// Mix 4 bytes at a time into the hash

	const unsigned char * data = (const unsigned char *)key;

	while(len >= 4)
	{
		unsigned int k = *(unsigned int *)data;

		k *= m; 
		k ^= k >> r; 
		k *= m; 
		
		h *= m; 
		h ^= k;

		data += 4;
		len -= 4;
	}
	
	// Handle the last few bytes of the input array

	switch(len)
	{
	case 3: h ^= data[2] << 16;
	case 2: h ^= data[1] << 8;
	case 1: h ^= data[0];
	        h *= m;
	};

	// Do a few final mixes of the hash to ensure the last few
	// bytes are well-incorporated.

	h ^= h >> 13;
	h *= m;
	h ^= h >> 15;

	return h;
}