Create a numeric hash from a text string?

[Brian Dunning <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Does anyone know if there's a handy way to create a numeric hash from  
a text string? I'm trying to generate an integer as a sort of quick &  
dirty checksum for text strings. Needs to be a decimal integer, not  
hex or otherwise. Any clever ideas appreciated.   :)

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