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;
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Ruud
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