TwinTurbo_Supra SG Originally posted by ^tamago^: 2. reverse order i.e. [b]ZYXUTSRPMLKJHGEDCBA 3. take alternate i.e. ZXTRMKHECAYUSPLJGDB[/b]ohhh... then the confusing letters?
finoq SG actually I found out this cycle myself at first by noting all the TIB suffixes (SMRT buses), wrote them down on paper...and found out the order...I remember it starting with A...divide it into groups... AYUS-PLJG-DBZX-TRMK-HEC then thanks to some really old thread in the Bus forum by ^tamago^ i discovered this order was used for private vehicles, vans etc. as well. Also after a last-digit 9 number the order skips one letter or something...but this does not apply to a difference in thousands (eg. 999 to 1000)
finoq SG http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a39/finoq/Miscellaneous/P6220070.jpg since plate nos. not allowed...it's a link...taken outside my house...
^tamago^ SG nice one. also have: SG1K (Singapore one, okay? Not owned.) FL1M (Honda Cabina 90) EA5Y (Deregistered.) F1R (F.I.R. Yamaha TZR 250)
^tamago^ SG yeah. tat was during the bus forum days. i dun like to use the skip order calculation method, unless it's a quick mental step. 9 -> 10: skip 1 99 -> 100: skip 8 999 -> 1000: 999 and 1000 have same suffix
^tamago^ SG the suffix is derived like this: 1. 26 alphabets, remove 7 confusing letters i.e. F, I, N, O, Q, V, W. 2. reverse order i.e. ZYXUTSRPMLKJHGEDCBA 3. take alternate i.e. ZXTRMKHECAYUSPLJGDB
^tamago^ SG these prefixes don't have suffixes: ROV STE SEP SJ, CJ S/CC, S/CD MID (technically have but don't care) SAFPU SPF WTO/IOC/NDP (all not active/expired)
^tamago^ SG orh. cos the alphabets look like numbers from far, like the letter 'I' looks like 1, and thus can be confusing.
^tamago^ SG good one, but then, this is sometimes done in an mutual manner F was excluded due to similarities with E, but if u see something tat looks like F, it can only be E I was excluded due to similarities with 1. N was excluded due to similarities with M. O was excluded due to similarities with 0. Q was excluded due to similarities with 0. V and W was excluded due to similarities with U.
storm_freaky13 SG wah seh... with this right... people who want to buy license plates know how to customise liao! woot.. great job tamago ^^
Xcert SG ZXTRMKHECAYUSPLJGDB there u have the 19-letter key to the suffix cycle. SBA1T SBA2Rwhat is the reason for the cycle to start from T when the first alphabet in the alternate-reversed order is Z?
^tamago^ SG T is the suffix for SBA1. only for SBA, the first alphabet is 'T'. for SBB, it's 'M' (skip 1, T -> (R) -> M).
Xcert SG ok understood. Is there a plate "E0Z" around? I put in E0 and it came out with a Z. I understand from ur logic how it came up with the Z but just wondering if E0Z is a valid plate or not. 1 more question...How does the program know whether the prefix is valid or not?I presume U hard-coded the valid prefixes in and let the algo run to find the corresponding suffix,if any?
