Increment an index that uses numbers and characters (aka Base36 numbers)

Question

I have a string based code that can be either two or three characters in length and I am looking for some help in creating a function that will increment it.

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Answer 1

Does this do what you need?

public class LetterCounter
{
    private static readonly string[] _charactersByIndex = new string[] { "0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K", "L", "M", "N", "O", "P", "Q", "R", "S", "T", "U", "V", "W", "X", "Y", "Z" };

    public string GetStr(int i)
    {
        if (i < _charactersByIndex.Length)
            return _charactersByIndex[i];

        int x = i / (_charactersByIndex.Length - 1) - 1;
        string a = _charactersByIndex[x];
        string b = GetStr(i - (_charactersByIndex.Length - 1));
        return a + b;
    }
}

}