package codes import ( "fmt" ) type UserCode int func intPow(n, m int) int { if m == 0 { return 1 } result := n for i := 2; i <= m; i++ { result *= n } return result } var numberToChar = [...]rune{'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', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9'} func CodeToString(code UserCode) (string, error) { toReturn := [4]rune{'A', 'A', 'A', 'A'} value := int(code) for place := 3; place >= 0; place-- { index := 3 - place currentPlaceValue := value / intPow(36, place) value -= currentPlaceValue * intPow(36, place) if currentPlaceValue >= len(numberToChar) { return "", fmt.Errorf("Failed to generate usercode %d to string, currentPlaceValue %d and length of number to char %d in place %d", code, currentPlaceValue, len(numberToChar),place ) } toReturn[index] = numberToChar[currentPlaceValue] } return string(toReturn[:]), nil } func ParseUserCode(s string) (UserCode, error) { asRune := []rune(s) if len(asRune) != 4 { return 0, fmt.Errorf("String to deconvert is not of length 4: %s", s) } var toReturn UserCode = 0 for place := 3; place >= 0; place-- { index := 3 - place curDigitNum := 0 found := false for i, letter := range numberToChar { if letter == asRune[index] { curDigitNum = i found = true } } if !found { return 0, fmt.Errorf("Failed to find place's number %s", s) } toReturn += UserCode(curDigitNum * intPow(36, place)) } return toReturn, nil }