[Freebase-discuss] Converting Freebase mid to integer

[Thad Guidry]

BTW, why do you need to convert to an integer ?  What's your specific use
case for storing the mid in your data structure ?  What IS your data
structure to store in ?

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:43 PM, George Kola <georgekola at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am working with the Freebase quad dump. I am trying to efficiently
> store the mid in my data structure. I want to know if there is an easy
> way to convert the mid into an integer. I can use a hash function, but
> would like to know if there is  a better way. It looks like (I may be
> wrong) the mid is some form of representation of an underlying binary
> value but I cannot figure out what the representation is.
>
>
> Thanks,
> George
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