# Method Nettle.BlockCipher16()->EAX.State()->digest_size()

Method digest_size

  `int(1..16) digest_size()`

Description

  Default digest size.

  This function is used by digest() to determine the digest size if no argument was given.

Returns

  The default implementation returns the result from calling EAX::digest_size(), but overloading via inherit is supported, and may return any even number in the range `[1..16]`.

See also

  digest(), EAX::digest_size()