At 02:28 -0800 1/22/09, Stacy Curl wrote: > A UUID has 128 bits, a base 64 character has 6 bits, so a base 64 > encoding of a UUID can be achieved with 22 characters. ...
I did this for a project, but I also added a checksum. Two bits were left over in the Base64 encoding, so adding an extra byte gave me just 1 in 1024 chance of accepting (say) a typo as a valid UUID. The code is available at http://pastie.org/368006. -r -- http://www.cfcl.com/rdm Rich Morin http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/resume [email protected] http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/weblog +1 650-873-7841 Technical editing and writing, programming, and web development --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "merb" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/merb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
