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SHA1()

SHA1 is an AMPscript function in the encryption & encoding category.

Syntax

SHA1(str, [charset])

Example

%%=SHA1("ampsend")=%%

5f2ec1b045446a001c6630258933debd2419d1ac

Output produced by AmpSend's AMPscript engine (validated against Salesforce's own test corpus) - not a hand-written result.

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Official Salesforce documentation

SHA1 in the official AMPscript reference - or browse the official index of AMPscript functions for platform behavior and edge cases.

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