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at August 24, 2010 08:39 by d3developer
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// http://www.sundog.net/sunblog/posts/a-handy-method-for-converting-15-character-id-strings-in-salesforce-to-18-c/
public string generate18CharId(string id){
// This method will take a 15 character ID and return its 18 character ID:
if (id == null){
return null;
}
if (id.length() != 15) {
return null;
}
string suffix = '';
integer flags;
for (integer i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
flags = 0;
for (integer j = 0; j < 5; j++) {
string c = id.substring(i * 5 + j,i * 5 + j + 1);
//Only add to flags if c is an uppercase letter:
if (c.toUpperCase().equals(c) && c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') {
flags = flags + (1 << j);
}
}
if (flags <= 25) {
suffix = suffix + 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'.substring(flags,flags+1);
}else{
suffix = suffix + '012345'.substring(flags-25,flags-24);
}
}
return id + suffix;
}
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Chuck Tomanek convert 15 character ID Strings to 18 chars
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