Algorithm

[Bruce Easton]

Don Coleman wrote March 29, 2007 3:25 PM:
> I am faced with assigning a unique # which must correlate to a numeric
> string that is comprised of an 8 digit Rx # and a 7-10 decimal quantity.
> Currently, each prescription label has a barcode which is an 8
> digit Rx# and
> a 5 digit quantity.  Due to a required software upgrade on their Clinical
> Prescription Software application the quantity must be changed from an
> integer value to a decimal, possibly with up to 4 digits to the
> right of the
> decimal point.
>
[..]

Don - aside from your need to represent quantity differently, I'm curious -
is the Rx# by itself not unique?

Bruce

Bruce Easton
STN, Inc.