code: def md5sum( string ):
      
      h = hashlib.new( 'md5' )
      h.update( string.encode( 'utf-8' ) )
      return h.hexdigest()
docs: Generate the md5 checksum for a string
  
      Args:
          string (Str): The string to be checksummed.
  
      Returns:
          (Str): The hex checksum.