>How about a table of 1,000 numbers that translates a specific 3 digit number to another 3 digit number. Use it 3 times on 3 parts of your 9 digit number.
This would probably work for me. But if you carry it to the extreme, why not nine different translation tables of 10 entries each? I am sure that some math wiz will tell me that 3 tables with 1000 entries each is better than 9 tables with 10 entries each. And if this is true, then one table with a billion entries must be even better. So my compromise of one table for four digits plus another for five digits must be better than the 3-by-3 solution. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
