Question

Been a while since I posted a question! Basically I’m starting a new project in University with Java! Basically what is needed of me is to generate a object to store items inside them. This includes product codes, item names, prices, etc. Basically for the product code I am in charge of deciding what length to have it BUT it must start with a Letter not a number. I was thinking of 6 characters. But how do I tell Java to keep the first character a letter and not a number?

Much Appreciated 😀

Answer 1

public String getProductCode(){
    Random random = new Random();
    int first = random.nextInt(26) + 65;  //Get random ASCII code in letter range
    char firstChar = new Character((char) first);  //Convert to char
    int suffix = 10000 + random.nextInt(89999);  //Get 5 digit suffix
    return Character.toString(firstChar) + String.valueOf(suffix);
}