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Posted by Jackie Jen
Jackie Jen
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How to generate alphanumeric ID

How to generate alphanumeric ID that starter with alphabet the follow by numbers. But i don't want generate randomly. How can i generate alphanumeric ID in increment order?

1 Answer

shahardekel
shahardekel
20,306 Points
shahardekel
shahardekel
20,306 Points

You can split it into a string and a number, and then concat them into one string. Then you can use a loop to increment the number and generate the next ID. Pseudo-code example (java style):

String generatedID;

String letters = "ABC" //or any other letter you want
int number = 123 //or any number you want to start with


for (int i=0; i++; i<10) {
    generatedID = letters + convertToString(number);
    number++;
}
// will generate:
// ABC123... ABC124... ABC125... and so on.