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Here we have used ord() function to convert a character to an integer (ASCII value). This function returns the Unicode code point of that character. Unicode is also an encoding technique that provides a unique number to a character.
You can use one of these methods to convert number to an ASCII / Unicode / UTF-16 character: You can use these methods convert the value of the specified 32-bit signed integer to its Unicode character: char c = (char)65; char c = Convert. ToChar(65);
ASCII to int:
ord('a')
gives 97
And back to a string:
str(unichr(97))
chr(97)
gives 'a'
>>> ord("a")
97
>>> chr(97)
'a'
If multiple characters are bound inside a single integer/long, as was my issue:
s = '0123456789'
nchars = len(s)
# string to int or long. Type depends on nchars
x = sum(ord(s[byte])<<8*(nchars-byte-1) for byte in range(nchars))
# int or long to string
''.join(chr((x>>8*(nchars-byte-1))&0xFF) for byte in range(nchars))
Yields '0123456789' and x = 227581098929683594426425L
What about BASE58 encoding the URL? Like for example flickr does.
# note the missing lowercase L and the zero etc.
BASE58 = '123456789abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ'
url = ''
while node_id >= 58:
div, mod = divmod(node_id, 58)
url = BASE58[mod] + url
node_id = int(div)
return 'http://short.com/%s' % BASE58[node_id] + url
Turning that back into a number isn't a big deal either.
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