brain fart

[TechBoyJK]

I'm trying to figure out how many possible combinations in this range

00000-ZZZZZ

assuming use of all numeric and alphanumeric characters

0-9
A-Z

and "dash"

 

[dullard]

There are 36 possible symbols in each slot (0-9 and A-Z). There are 10 slots. 36^10 ~= 3.66*10^15.

I'm assuming the dash position is reserved only for dashes and that no other position can have dashes.

 

[TechBoyJK]

Originally posted by: dullard
There are 36 possible symbols in each slot (0-9 and A-Z). There are 10 slots. 36^10 ~= 3.66*10^15.

I'm assuming the dash position is reserved only for dashes and that no other position can have dashes.

just 5 slots

anything from

00000

to

ZZZZZ

so it would be 36^5 which is about 60,000,000 possibilities?

 

[Turin39789]

Originally posted by: TechBoyJK

Originally posted by: dullard
There are 36 possible symbols in each slot (0-9 and A-Z). There are 10 slots. 36^10 ~= 3.66*10^15.

I'm assuming the dash position is reserved only for dashes and that no other position can have dashes.

just 5 slots

anything from

00000

to

ZZZZZ

so it would be 36^5 which is about 60,000,000 possibilities?

yes

You have 5 choices to make, you can choose from 36 options for the first digit, 36 for the second etc.

If you don't want to repeat any letter or number you have

36 * 35 * 34 * 33 * 32

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: TechBoyJK
just 5 slots

anything from

00000

to

ZZZZZ

Ok, I thought you were posting it like a phone number with that dash: 123-456-7890. In the 00000 to ZZZZZ case, you are correct that there are ~60.4 million possibilites.