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Re^2: Using filepath method to identify an .html page

by Nik (Initiate)
on Jan 22, 2013 at 15:27 UTC ( [id://1014695]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Using filepath method to identify an .html page
in thread Using filepath method to identify an .html page

The only thing i know is that:

a) i only need to get a number out of string(being an absolute path)
b) That number needs to be unique, because "that" number is an indicator to the actual html file.

Will int function get the job done or a hashing method needs to get involved?

I dont know HOW this is supposed to be written. i just know i need this:

number = function_that_returns_a_number_out_of_a_string( absolute_path_of_a_html_file)

pin = int ( '/home/nikos/public_html/index.html' )
This fails for me. Is it because it has slashes in it?

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Re^3: Using filepath method to identify an .html page
by Corion (Patriarch) on Jan 22, 2013 at 15:28 UTC

    Why don't you create a database table with two columns. One column is "the string", and the other column is a unique integer. Most databases have an almost inexhaustible supply of unique integers for such columns.

      Integers need to be created on the fly when an html file is being requested.
      I just tried:
      pin = int( htmlpage.encode("hex"), 16 )
      but that also fails.

      The number needs to be a 4-digit integer only, if its to be stored in the database table correctly. So hex encoding is not usefull here.

        I did not mention a "hex encoding" anywhere in my reply. I suggest you actually read my reply, and use a database, or a "key value store", and build a map of words to numbers.

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Re^3: Using filepath method to identify an .html page
by Anonymous Monk on Jan 22, 2013 at 15:30 UTC

    Will int function get the job done or a hashing method needs to get involved?

    Read int and then you will know, then write your own function

    I dont know HOW this is supposed to be written.

    Keep a database of numbers ( AnyDBM_File ), assign one to each path, and then you're done

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