Is there any kind of hash code function in JavaScript?

Question

Basically, I\'m trying to create an object of unique objects, a set. I had the brilliant idea of just using a JavaScript object with objects for the property names. Such as,

Answer 1

Here's my simple solution that returns a unique integer.

function hashcode(obj) {
    var hc = 0;
    var chars = JSON.stringify(obj).replace(/\{|\"|\}|\:|,/g, '');
    var len = chars.length;
    for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
        // Bump 7 to larger prime number to increase uniqueness
        hc += (chars.charCodeAt(i) * 7);
    }
    return hc;
}