hash function

[Mahsan1212]

can anyone please explain what is happening in this whole hash function

 int BSTHashtable:: hash(string& s)
{
    unsigned int hashVal = 0;
    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++)
        hashVal ^= (hashVal << 5) + (hashVal >> 2) + s[i];
    return hashVal % size;
}

[cire]

A hash value is generated based on the contents of the string. If you don't understand what the bit-wise operators are doing, now might be a good time to review them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_function

[Mahsan1212]

that i know whats the line num 5 is doing while converting the bits into strings