On Jul 11, 2008, at 1:25 PM, Alex LeDonne wrote: > After clearing a "duh" moment, I've improved these encoded lengths... > symbolify(999).length == 127 > symbolify(9999).length == 127 > symbolify(999999).length == 337 > symbolify(12345678901234567890).length == 1112 > symbolify(("9"*2100).to_i).length == 350265 mine are all zero length ;-) a @ http://codeforpeople.com/ -- we can deny everything, except that we have the possibility of being better. simply reflect on that. h.h. the 14th dalai lama