--- !ruby/object:RI::MethodDescription 
aliases: []

block_params: 
comment: 
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
  body: Returns a basic <em>n</em>-bit checksum of the characters in <em>str</em>, where <em>n</em> is the optional <tt>Fixnum</tt> parameter, defaulting to 16. The result is simply the sum of the binary value of each character in <em>str</em> modulo <tt>2n - 1</tt>. This is not a particularly good checksum.
full_name: String#sum
is_singleton: false
name: sum
params: |
  str.sum(n=16)   => integer

visibility: public