Using filepath method to identify an .html page

[Peter Otten]

Ferrous Cranus wrote:

> I insist, perhaps compeleld, to use a key to associate a number to a
> filename. Would you help please?
> 
> I dont know this is supposed to be written. i just know i need this:
> 
> number = function_that_returns_a_number_out_of_a_string(
> absolute_path_of_a_html_file)
> 
> Would someone help me write that in python coding? We are talkign 1 line
> of code here....

Since you insist:

>>> def function_that_returns_a_number_out_of_a_string(absolute_path_of_a_html_file):
...     return int(absolute_path_of_a_html_file.encode("hex"), 16)
... 
>>> function_that_returns_a_number_out_of_a_string("/foo/bar/baz")
14669632128886499728813089146L

As a bonus here is how to turn the number back into a path:

>>> x = 14669632128886499728813089146
>>> "{:x}".format(x).decode("hex")
'/foo/bar/baz'

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