On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:27:32 +0000 "Leonard, Arah" <arah.leon...@bruker-axs.com> wrote: > > I just need a way to CONVERT a string(absolute path) to a 4-digit > > unique number with INT!!! That's all i want!! But i cannot make it > > work :(
Why bother? Just wish for a zillion dollars and then you never have to program again. At least that would be theoretically possible. > *might* be able to convert a string that long into some kind of > 4-digit integer checksum, but you would *never* be able to convert > that back into a file path. Nor would it be guaranteed to be unique. In fact, if you have 10,001 files it is absolutely guaranteed to have at least one duplicate entry. -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain <da...@druid.net> | Democracy is three wolves http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on +1 416 425 1212 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner. IM: da...@vex.net -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
