Question

Well, thats it!
I need to convert a string text (like”Hrd$457″), into a long value.
The blackberry IDE has a button that do it, but i need do this by code.
Please note that the string is alpha numeric.

THX!

NOTE:
Sorry if my question was not really clear. The IDE button that im talkin about converts the entire string in a long value that makes that string a unique number. The BlackBerry documentation says:

“To create a unique long key, in the BlackBerry® Integrated Development Environment, type a string value.
com.rim.samples.docs.userinfo
Right-click the string and click Convert ‘com.rim.samples.docs.userinfo’ to long.”

So, i need to do exactly the same but by code.

I really appreciate your help buddies, and thanks so much for trying to help.

Answer 1

If you are just looking for a number constant for a string you can do the following.

String str = "asdfasdf345asdfasdf";
int asInt = str.hashCode();
long asLong = (long) asInt;