assigning alphanumeric value into a variable

Question

char count;
count=fps1000;

sandhya Patel · Answer

Thank you very much.............

Vulpes · Answer

This expression:
lastID.Substring(0, 3)
takes the first three characters of lastID ('fps' here).
'id' is the integer that we've already parsed from the final four characters of lastID. So, this expression:
(id + 1).ToString("D4")
adds one to it and then expresses the result as a string using the 'D4' format. This format fills out the integer to 4 digits using leading zeros. So 1 becomes 0001.
We then concatenate these two string expressions using the '+' operator and assign the result back to lastID.
So, if lastID originally contained fps0000, it will now contain fps0001 and so on.

sandhya Patel · Answer

sorry sir...
i cant get the meaning of
lastID = lastID.Substring(0, 3) + (id + 1).ToString("D4");
pls help

Vulpes · Answer

If it's, for example, a Windows Forms application you could generate an auto-incrementing alphanumeric id as follows:
private string lastID;
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)         {             lastID = "fps0000"; // assume format will always be 'AAANNNN'             // or get last id from database         }
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)         {             int id = int.Parse(lastID.Substring(3));             lastID = lastID.Substring(0, 3) + (id + 1).ToString("D4");             // add code to write to database          }
You may also need to consider what to do if you ever get to fps9999 so that code can be written to deal with further increments after that.

sandhya Patel · Answer

No ,it is not working...
actually i want to generate it as an autogenerate id.....and to insert to database field during button click...

Shweta Lodha · Answer

Your duplicate post found at:
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Forums/Thread/260953/alphanumeric-value-like-fps1000-is-assigning-to-a-variable.aspx
Please close one of these post

Shweta Lodha · Answer

instead of char, please use string class.
String count;
count=fps1000;