Is this a right calculation of Fourier transform?

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I am trying to solve:

Calculate Fourier transform (on $-\infty < x < \infty $) of:

$$ f(x) = \begin{cases} 1, & -L<x<L \\ 0, & |x|\geq L \end{cases} $$

My Solution: $$ \hat f(k) = \int_{-L}^{L} e^{-ikx}dx = -\frac{e^{-ikx}}{ik}|_{-L}^{L} = \frac{e^{ikl}-e^{-ikl}}{ik} = \frac{2sinkl}{k}$$

What do you think, am I right? Thanks!