From: antony.clements@optusnet.com.au   
      
   > It looks as if you want to compute some sort of 32 bit number from an   
   > 8 character String.   
      
   the numbers i am trying to generate from the string has a minimum value of   
   00000000 and a maximum of 255255255255255255255255 wich are the ascii codes   
   of 8 characters.   
      
   the block of code works except for those 2 little lines that don't return   
   correct values. no data type that i know of will support such a large number   
   but it is critical that the code does, and i wouldnt know where to begin to   
   write a type def that will support such a large number either.   
      
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