ColdC: Function/Method Reference: crypt()

STRING crypt(STRING str, STRING salt)

This function performs one-way encryption on str, using the host system's crypt() library routine. If salt is specified, then it must be a two-character string; otherwise, a salt is chosen randomly. The return value of crypt() is the encrypted string.

The encryption performed by this function has the property that it is very difficult to find a string which will produce a given result; however, a given string and a given salt will always yield the same encrypted string.

Examples:

crypt("foo", "ab")
     => "abQ9KY.KfrYrc"