What would I declare hashedPassword, please?

[Bluenose]

In the following, please, what would I declare 'hashedPassword ' as?

cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@username", username)
            cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@strEmail", email)
            Dim hashedPassword = Crypto.HashPassword(password)
            cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@hashed", hashedPassword)
            connection.Open()
            cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()

Thank you.

Blue

[zmbd]

The value returned is a String type cast

Crypto.HashPass word Method Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function HashPassword ( _
    password As String _
) As String
'Usage
Dim password As String 
Dim returnValue As String 
 
returnValue = Crypto.HashPassword(password)

Parameters
passwordType: System.String
The password to generate a hash value for.

Return Value
Type: System.String
The hash value for password as a base-64-encoded string.

[Bluenose]

Many thanks for that zmbd!