Create a numeric hash from a text string?
| From: | Brian Dunning | Date: | Mon, 14 Nov 2005 18:41:53 +0000 |
| Subject: | Create a numeric hash from a text string? | ||
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Does anyone know if there's a handy way to create a numeric hash from a text string? I'm trying to generate an integer as a sort of quick & dirty checksum for text strings. Needs to be a decimal integer, not hex or otherwise. Any clever ideas appreciated. :)