djb2 Hash Function

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Published on 2010-04-03T15:32:41Z Indexed on 2010/04/03 15:43 UTC
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I am using the djb2 algorithm to generate the hash key for a string which is as follows

hash(unsigned char *str)
{
    unsigned long hash = 5381;
    int c;

    while (c = *str++)
        hash = ((hash << 5) + hash) + c; /* hash * 33 + c */

    return hash;
}

Now with every loop there is a multiplication with two big numbers, After some time with the 4th of 5th character of the string there is a overflow as the hash value becomes huge

What is the correct way to refactor so that the hash value does not overflow and the hashing also happens correctly

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