Long string to short ID

[Matthew Evans]

How about:

1> lists:flatten([integer_to_list(V,16)||<<V>> <= crypto:hash(md5, "really long book title that goes on and on forever")]).
"C72BFE8643B0156ACD809D87D51E726C"

OR

2>  binary_to_list(base64:encode(crypto:hash(md5, "really long book title that goes on and on forever"))).
"xyv+hkOwFWrNgJ2H1R5ybA=="
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From: erlang-questions <erlang-questions-bounces@REDACTED> on behalf of Lloyd R. Prentice <lloyd@REDACTED>
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2021 3:44 PM
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Subject: Long string to short ID

Hello,

What might be a nifty way to turn a long book title with spaces into a short human-readable ID?

Thanks,

LRP

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