In article <mailman.3234.1351931985.27098.python-l...@python.org>, Andriy Kornatskyy <andriy.kornats...@live.com> wrote:
> 'Z05738521581' > 'Z17888279480' > 'Z07395350007' > > Short, human readable and satisfy original requirements. > > Andriy If you really want human readable, it's better to chunk the data up into 3 or 4 digit groups. So, instead of Z05738521581, maybe Z05-738-521-581. Or perhaps even better, Z05-7385-21-581 (just a hunch, but I suspect varying the length of the groups makes it easier to read). Even better might be base-32 encoding the value. Strings of digits have an information density of about 3.2 bits/char. Base-32 is just about as readable, but gives you 5 bits/char, so you end up with a few less characters (which you still want to chunk into 3 or 4 character groups). -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
