in reply to incrementing mixed letters and numbers
Hello Anonymous Monk
It seems that you have already provided with answer(s) to your problem, but just in case you are wondering there are similar questions with solutions to your problem that you can experiment with (Increment a string with letters and numbers and string increment).
Hope this helps, BR.
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