Could any one please answer this questions. 1.) What would be a good hash code for a vechicleidentification that is a string of numbers and letters of the form"9X9XX99X9XX999999" , where a "9" represents a digit and an "X"represents a letter? Thank you Could any one please answer this questions. 1.) What would be a good hash code for a vechicleidentification that is a string of numbers and letters of the form"9X9XX99X9XX999999" , where a "9" represents a digit and an "X"represents a letter? Thank you
Explanation / Answer
sdbm algorithm will work forboth string and numbers. static unsigned longsdbm(str)unsigned char *str;{unsigned long hash = 0;int c;while (c = *str++)hash = c + (hash