Many moons ago I tried to count the number of all possible dataset
names. Assuming "correct names", that means up to 44 characters, no
digit on first char in the qualifier, 1-8 char per qualifier, etc.
I gave up - too complex. Especially because of number of quals vs qual.
length relationship.
Last, but not least: it makes no sense. ;-)
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Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
W dniu 23.03.2023 o 15:34, John McKown pisze:
I got curious about how many possible different values could exist in a
dataset "node". A node can be 1 to 8 characters long. The first character
must be A-Z @#$ or 29 characters. Subsequent characters are those 29 plus
digits 0-9 and a dash (the dash was a surprise to me). Unless I goofed up,
that means that a single node can have a bit over 4.8 trillion unique
values.
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