Returns the fingerprint of a line or subset of a line's header values,
if headers are provided as arguments. The fingerprint is a SHA256 hash
of the values. A fingerprint can be used to lookup the line numbers of
dups found by has_dups(), count_dups(), and dup_lines().
Note that {self.name} gives the fingerprint solely from one line. By
contrast, line_fingerprint() progressively updates a hash value line-
by-line.
| Data signatures |
| fingerprint( [include this: $${\color{green}None}$$ ǁ $${\color{green}Any}$$], ... ) |
| Call signatures |
| fingerprint( [include this: Header], ... ) |
| Purpose |
Value |
| Main focus |
fingerprint() produces a calculated value |
| Context |
Qualifier |
| Match qualifiers |
onmatch |
| Value qualifiers |
onmatch |
| Name qualifier |
optionally expected |
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