I'm struggling a bit to generate ID of type integer for given string in Python. I thought the built-it hash function is perfect but it appears that the IDs are too long sometimes. It's a problem since I'm limited to 64bits as maximum length. My code so far: hash(s) % 10000000000. The input string(s) which I can expect will be in range of 12-512 chars long. Requirements are: integers only generated from provided string ideally up to 10-12 chars long (I'll have ~5 million items only) low probability of collision..? I would be glad if someone can provide any tips / solutions. Continue reading...
