Hashing Question

[CaptainKahuna]

I need a hash code to hash VIN (Vechile Identification Numbers). VIN's come in the following form:

'9X9XX99X9XX999999' where 9 represents any digit and X represents any letter (capitals A-Z only).

Any ideas?

 

[xtknight]

Won't any hash algorithm work? MD5? RC4?

 

[CaptainKahuna]

Well I want one to give me indices I can use to store the VIN's in an array.

Not a sparse array, I wouldn't mind a few collisions if the array size would be smaller...