RE: Compute Hash Code

[Chris_Bougher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I have products that are routed to go through a predefined set of steps.
These steps are identified by three character codes. The codes are always
numeric characters. example:

productA 100 - molded, 200 - cut, 300 - packed
productB 100 - molded, 300 - packed

I need to group the products based on this routing but I only want to go to
the file once. Since there is no set number of steps I thought computing a
hash was the best way to store the routing in a single field. I wont need
to "expand" this routing back to the parts.

Thanks

Chris Bougher


                                                                                
                                                        
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That may work. What do you really need?
If you use Modulus 10, you can get a little better check-digit result.
If you only intend on keeping the "hash" and not the original data, then
the
check-digit is a good idea.

If you want a ciphered hash, then I would just calculate the 16-byte MD5
hash using the cipher MI instruction.

-Bob



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Subject: Compute Hash Code

I need to compute a hash type code for an array of 3 character strings. The
strings are always 3 digit numeric values and do not repeat within a
sequence. I was thinking that I could add the numbers together multiplying
by their position in the list. i.e.

array = '100', '200', '300', '400', '500'
hash = (100 * 1) + (200 * 2) + (300 * 3) + (400 * 4) + (500 * 5) = 5500

Does anyone see any issues with this method? Does anyone have a better
method?


Thanks
Chris Bougher


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