Derive a unique number from a file name ?

[Robert Gezelter]

Jon,

I heartily concur. RTFT (Read The Fine Textbook) ought to be enshrined next to RTFM.

There are certainly any number of extremely competent algorithms and compilers texts describing the issues involved in hashed lookups and collisions. My standing recommendation is to find the text used in a first or second term graduate course algorithms course in a Computer Science department.

My reference to Knuth was mainly that his books are one of the oldest and most complete references.

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com