From: "Sarcar, Shourya C (GE Healthcare)" <shourya.sarcar@...>
Date: 2008-11-12T22:25:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Convert text string i.e 'Peter' into integer ID

code=0
"Peter".each_byte{|b| code += b} @ will not generate unique tho


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ohlhaver@gmail.com [mailto:ohlhaver@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 6:47 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Convert text string i.e 'Peter' into integer ID
> 
> Hello,
> 
> is there any method to quickly convert a text string such as 'Peter'
> into an integer? (And vice versa?)