diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/folding/FoldingHash.java b/algorithms-miscellaneous-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/folding/FoldingHash.java
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+package com.baeldung.folding;
+
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+
+/**
+ * Calculate a hash value for the strings using the folding technique.
+ * 
+ * The implementation serves only to the illustration purposes and is far
+ * from being the most efficient. 
+ * 
+ * @author A.Shcherbakov
+ *
+ */
+public class FoldingHash {
+
+    /**
+     * Calculate the hash value of a given string.
+     * 
+     * @param str Assume it is not null
+     * @param groupSize the group size in the folding technique
+     * @param maxValue defines a max value that the hash may acquire (exclusive)     
+     * @return integer value from 0 (inclusive) to maxValue (exclusive)
+     */
+    public int hash(String str, int groupSize, int maxValue) {
+        final int[] codes = this.toAsciiCodes(str);
+        return IntStream.range(0, str.length())
+            .filter(i -> i % groupSize == 0)
+            .mapToObj(i -> extract(codes, i, groupSize))
+            .map(block -> concatenate(block))
+            .reduce(0, (a, b) -> (a + b) % maxValue);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a new array of given length whose elements are take from 
+     * the original one starting from the offset.
+     *  
+     * If the original array has not enough elements, the returning array will contain 
+     * element from the offset till the end of the original array.
+     *  
+     * @param numbers original array. Assume it is not null.
+     * @param offset index of the element to start from. Assume it is less than the size of the array 
+     * @param length max size of the resulting array
+     * @return
+     */
+    public int[] extract(int[] numbers, int offset, int length) {
+        final int defect = numbers.length - (offset + length);
+        final int s = defect < 0 ? length + defect : length;
+        int[] result = new int[s];
+        for (int index = 0; index < s; index++) {
+            result[index] = numbers[index + offset];
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Concatenate the numbers into a single number as if they were strings.
+     * Assume that the procedure does not suffer from the overflow.
+     * @param numbers integers to concatenate
+     * @return
+     */
+    public int concatenate(int[] numbers) {
+        final String merged = IntStream.of(numbers)
+            .mapToObj(number -> "" + number)
+            .collect(Collectors.joining());
+        return Integer.parseInt(merged, 10);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Convert the string into its characters' ASCII codes.
+     * @param str input string
+     * @return
+     */
+    private int[] toAsciiCodes(String str) {
+        return str.chars()
+            .toArray();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/folding/Main.java b/algorithms-miscellaneous-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/folding/Main.java
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+package com.baeldung.folding;
+
+/**
+ * Code snippet for article "A Guide to the Folding Technique".
+ *  
+ * @author A.Shcherbakov
+ *
+ */
+public class Main {
+
+    public static void main(String... arg) {
+        FoldingHash hasher = new FoldingHash();
+        final String str = "Java language";
+        System.out.println(hasher.hash(str, 2, 100_000));
+        System.out.println(hasher.hash(str, 3, 1_000));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/folding/FoldingHashUnitTest.java b/algorithms-miscellaneous-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/folding/FoldingHashUnitTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.folding;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class FoldingHashUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenStringJavaLanguage_whenSize2Capacity100000_then48933() throws Exception {
+        final FoldingHash hasher = new FoldingHash();
+        final int value = hasher.hash("Java language", 2, 100_000);
+        assertEquals(value, 48933);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenStringVaJaLanguage_whenSize2Capacity100000_thenSameAsJavaLanguage() throws Exception {
+        final FoldingHash hasher = new FoldingHash();
+        final int java = hasher.hash("Java language", 2, 100_000);
+        final int vaja = hasher.hash("vaJa language", 2, 100_000);
+        assertTrue(java == vaja);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSingleElementArray_whenOffset0Size2_thenSingleElement() throws Exception {
+        final FoldingHash hasher = new FoldingHash();
+        final int[] value = hasher.extract(new int[] { 5 }, 0, 2);
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[] { 5 }, value);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenFiveElementArray_whenOffset0Size3_thenFirstThreeElements() throws Exception {
+        final FoldingHash hasher = new FoldingHash();
+        final int[] value = hasher.extract(new int[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }, 0, 3);
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[] { 1, 2, 3 }, value);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenFiveElementArray_whenOffset1Size2_thenTwoElements() throws Exception {
+        final FoldingHash hasher = new FoldingHash();
+        final int[] value = hasher.extract(new int[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }, 1, 2);
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[] { 2, 3 }, value);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenFiveElementArray_whenOffset2SizeTooBig_thenElementsToTheEnd() throws Exception {
+        final FoldingHash hasher = new FoldingHash();
+        final int[] value = hasher.extract(new int[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }, 2, 2000);
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[] { 3, 4, 5 }, value);
+    }
+
+}