I was doing to do the same. But when I ended up with 4 trillion+ for a
single node, I gave up.

On Thu, Mar 30, 2023, 09:59 Radoslaw Skorupka <
[email protected]> wrote:

> 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. ;-)
>
> --
> 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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