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Posted by Tim Roberts on 11/18/27 11:40
"Nel" <nelly@ne14.co.NOSPAMuk> wrote:
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>In this cas I am trying to pass a shorter URL and moving from base 16 to 62
>knocks off about 10 chars from the URL. Not as many as I'd hoped for, but
>it's a definate improvement.
You don't have to "hope", you can compute this. The number of bits per
digit is the logarithm in base 2 of the number base. Base 16 packs 4 bits
per digit. Base 62 packs 5.9 bits per digit. The string will be about 1/3
shorter.
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- Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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