I want to be able to generate sequential alphanumeric strings of a given length 8. Also, I want the string to start with a specific string let's say "ABC00". Just imagine a license plate starts with a specific string and other generated alphanumeric strings. I have tried a number of things I have seen here and not getting the desired results.
This is what I currently have
import java.security.SecureRandom;
import java.util.Random;
public class RandomString {
static final String AB = "SCV00" + "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
static SecureRandom rnd = new SecureRandom();
String randomString(int len){
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(len);
for(int i = 0; i < len; i++)
sb.append(AB.charAt(rnd.nextInt(AB.length())));
return sb.toString();
}
}
I want my output to look like this. When users provide the number of IDs they want I should be able to generate it. Say, user wants 3 IDs. I should have. So, I just read the requirement properly and there is a slight difference.
Lowercase will be eliminated. This is how the format should look like. The starting string is "CLV0".
CLVO 0001
CLV0 0002
CLV0 0003
:
CLV0 0009
CLV0 000A
CLVO 000B
:
CLV0 000Z
CLV0 0010
This is the actual sequence. It's not random. Kindly help with this
I'll assume you need 0000
to 000Z
, then 0010
, 0011
, 0012
and so on. You would need to keep track of the current id you need to generate. Something like this:
public class SequentialString {
private static final String START = "CLV0";
private static final String ALPHANUMERIC = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
public static void main(String[] args) {
int totalLength = 8;
int numberOfIds = 111;
int countRemainingSymbols = totalLength - START.length();
for (int i = 0; i < numberOfIds; i++) {
StringBuilder end = new StringBuilder();
int current = i;//depending on exact case, you would need to keep track of current
int remainder = current % ALPHANUMERIC.length();//the index of next character
do {
end.append(ALPHANUMERIC.charAt(remainder));
current /= ALPHANUMERIC.length();//update to check if we need to add more characters
remainder = current % ALPHANUMERIC.length();//update index, only used if more chars are needed
} while (current > 0);
int padCount = countRemainingSymbols - end.length();
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(START).append("-");//- is for easier debugging, remove it for your case
for (int j = 0; j < padCount; j++) {
result.append("0");
}
result.append(end.reverse());
System.out.println(result);
}
}
}
Basically, using current and length of ALPHANUMERIC
to calculate next char index, then calculate if more characters are needed, keep looping until no more chars are needed. Note that i am reversing generated sequence(variable end
in code) before appending it.
Also note that this solution is not limited to ZZZZ
, it can keep generating the sequence even after that.