message-digesting5 hashing algorithm

Author: Farazul Hoda

ciphers/md5.py

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+# Author: farazulhoda
+
+# A Python program that calculates the MD5 (Message Digest 5) hash of a given string using the hashlib library.
+# While MD5 is considered weak and not suitable for cryptographic purposes, it can still be used for non-security-related purposes 
+# like checksums or simple data integrity checks.
+
+
+#By importing the hashlib library, which provides various hashing algorithms, including MD5.
+import hashlib
+
+# Function to calculate the MD5 hash of a given input string.
+def calculate_md5_hash(input_string):
+    # Create an MD5 hash object using hashlib.
+    md5_hash = hashlib.md5()
+
+    # Update the hash object with the input string, encoded as bytes.
+    md5_hash.update(input_string.encode('utf-8'))
+
+    # Get the hexadecimal representation of the MD5 hash.
+    md5_hash_hex = md5_hash.hexdigest()
+
+    # Return the MD5 hash as a hexadecimal string.
+    return md5_hash_hex
+
+# Input string provided by the user.
+input_string = input("Enter a string: ")
+
+# Calculate and print the MD5 hash.
+md5_hash = calculate_md5_hash(input_string)
+print(f"Input String: {input_string}")
+print(f"MD5 Hash: {md5_hash}")