# md5 {#md5}

**Parent topic:**[Functions](../../Functions/category.md)

## Syntax {#syntax}

`md5(X)`

## Arguments {#arguments}

**X** is a string scalar/vector.

## Details {#details}

Create an MD5 hash from STRING. The result is of data type INT128.

## Examples {#examples}

```
a=md5(`e`f);
a;
// output: [e1671797c52e15f763380b45e841ec32,8fa14cdd754f91cc6554c9e71929cce7]

typestr(a);
// output: INT128
```

