Hash algorithm with integer data

[systemctlmuser]

Hi, I am working on a project where I need to use hash algorithm. We have decided to use "AP hash algorithm" as at "http://www.partow.net/programming/hashfunctions/#APHashFunction".
So the function takes string as input, now if I want to hash on numbers, what does the algorithm expect. For e.g. if my integer data is 12345 should my stri
ng input look like ['1','2','3','4','5','\0'] ?
IN actual implemetation I have 32B of unsigned int that I need to do a hash on.

Thanks,
Kaushik

[rocketboy9000]

pass it in a more compact base, like maybe 64. That will probably compute faster.