I want to represent col_1 as numbers in a way that it retains the variability of the text. Any suggestions on how to do this ? If this is not a good idea, then any suggestions would be helpful.

expected output:

Those numbers obviously do not capture what the text means, but I need a solution that captures the features of the text. (If possible)

CodePudding user response：

While hashing always involves the risk of collision, I might look at:

import hashlib

def str_to_int(text):
    return int(hashlib.sha256(text.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest(), 16)

print(str_to_int("struct_1"))
print(str_to_int("struct_bent_22"))

and see if that works for you.

it should give you:

67086348026381773031976814245037562760713897031875549849861239415057698757195
24493846661393758293236341956602133508998612831345007873168413426300746343739