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Simple system-generated unique promotion codes

Simple system-generated unique promotion codes are created by specifying a simple set of inputs.

The following inputs are required to generate simple system-generated unique promotion codes:

Prefix

Fixed characters appearing at the beginning of each promotion code.

Unique system-generated code length

The number of system-generated characters appearing in each promotion code. These characters consist of upper-case alphanumeric characters.

Suffix

Fixed characters appearing at the end of each promotion code.

Number of unique promotion codes to generate

The total number of generated promotion codes to create, based on the business needs.

The maximum number of possible unique promotion codes to generate is calculated and displayed for reference, based on the unique system-generated code length input.

Sample output

Simple system-generated unique promotion codes resemble the following form when generated:

Prefix + Generated code + Suffix

Where, for example, the unique promotion codes sample results are:

Sample simple system-generated unique promotion codes

Prefix	Unique system-generated code length	Suffix	Sample unique promotion codes
IBM	3	EVENT	IBM65BEVENT IBMJK7EVENT IBMXWTEVENT
SUMMER-	5	-SPECIAL	SUMMER-ABC12-SPECIAL SUMMER-B88BL-SPECIAL SUMMER-LMMKJ-SPECIAL
WINTER2010	2	-SALE	WINTER201055-SALE WINTER2010H9-SALE WINTER2010MC-SALE

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