diff --git a/nb-virtdata/virtdata-lib-basics/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/virtdata/library/basics/shared/from_long/to_string/AlphaNumericString.java b/nb-virtdata/virtdata-lib-basics/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/virtdata/library/basics/shared/from_long/to_string/AlphaNumericString.java
index 5e77dce0b..06f51e3c7 100644
--- a/nb-virtdata/virtdata-lib-basics/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/virtdata/library/basics/shared/from_long/to_string/AlphaNumericString.java
+++ b/nb-virtdata/virtdata-lib-basics/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/virtdata/library/basics/shared/from_long/to_string/AlphaNumericString.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package io.nosqlbench.virtdata.library.basics.shared.from_long.to_string;
 
 import io.nosqlbench.virtdata.api.annotations.Categories;
 import io.nosqlbench.virtdata.api.annotations.Category;
+import io.nosqlbench.virtdata.api.annotations.Example;
 import io.nosqlbench.virtdata.api.annotations.ThreadSafeMapper;
 import io.nosqlbench.virtdata.api.bindings.VirtDataConversions;
 import io.nosqlbench.virtdata.library.basics.shared.from_long.to_long.Hash;
@@ -36,15 +37,26 @@ public class AlphaNumericString implements LongFunction<String> {
     private final Hash hash = new Hash();
     private final LongToIntFunction lengthFunc;
 
-
-    public AlphaNumericString(int length)
-    {
-        this.lengthFunc = (l) -> length;
+    @Example({
+        "AlphaNumericString(10)",
+        "Create a 10-character alpha-numeric string"
+    })
+    @Example({
+        "AlphaNumericString(HashRange(10, 20))",
+        "Create an alpha-numeric string with a length between 10 and 20 characters"
+    })
+    public AlphaNumericString(int length) {
+        this.lengthFunc = l -> length;
     }
 
-    public AlphaNumericString(Object lengthfunc)
-    {
-        this.lengthFunc = VirtDataConversions.adaptFunction(lengthfunc, LongToIntFunction.class);
+    public AlphaNumericString(Object lengthfunc) {
+        if (lengthfunc instanceof Number) {
+            int length = ((Number) lengthfunc).intValue();
+            this.lengthFunc = l -> length;
+        }
+        else {
+            this.lengthFunc = VirtDataConversions.adaptFunction(lengthfunc, LongToIntFunction.class);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override