Converting a string to a number by using INT (no hash method)

[Ferrous Cranus]

Τη Τρίτη, 22 Ιανουαρίου 2013 9:02:48 μ.μ. UTC+2, ο χρήστης Michael Torrie έγραψε:
> On 01/22/2013 11:37 AM, Ferrous Cranus wrote:
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> > ============================================== pin = int(
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> > htmlpage.encode("hex"), 16 ) % 10000 
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> > ==============================================
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> > Can you please explain the differences to what you have posted
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> > opposed to this perl coding?
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> > 
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> > ============================================== foreach my
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> > $ltr(@ltrs){ $hash = ( $hash + ord($ltr)) %10000; 
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> > ==============================================
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> > 
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> > I want to understand this and see it implemented in Python.
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> It isn't quite the thing.  The perl code is merely a checksum of the
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> ascii value of the characters in the file name, that is then chopped
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> down to a number < 10000.  The Python code is taking the ascii value of
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> each character in the file name, converting it to a hexadecimal pair of
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> digits, stringing them all out into a long string, then converting that
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> to a number using the hexadecimal number parser. This results in a
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> *very* large number, 8-bits per letter in the original file name, and
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> then chops that down to 10000.  Technically neither method is a hash and
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> neither will generate unique numbers.
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> Here's the python algorithm used on a short word:
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> 'hello' => '68656c6c6f' (h = 0x68', e=0x65', 0x6c', 0=0x6f)
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> => 0x68656c6c6f => 448378203247
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> mod that with 10000 and you get 3247
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> If you would simply run the python interpreter and try these things out
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> you could see how and why they work or not work.  What is stopping you
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> from doing this?


May i sent you my code by mail so for you see whats wrong and http://superhost.gr produces error?<br><br>

1. this is not a script that iam being paid for.
2, this is not a class assignemnt

I just want to use that method of gettign this to work.