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. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
