On 2011-11-23 04:24, Arvind wrote:
[...] I want to convert an IP address of the form A.B.C.D into a number that will serve as an index of the array. I want to do it in a way that there is very low probability of the number created from A.B.C.D being the same as that created from E.F.G.H.
Try a Bloom filter. If that is too clashy, just use a multilevel hash: $ip{ chr(127) }{ chr(0) }{ chr(0) }{ chr(1) } = 1; -- Ruud -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/