# Is there an infinite amount of UPC numbers?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 9, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-infinite-amount-of-upc-numbers/692727 "2014-07-09T21:16:02Z")\
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> [@jnglmassiv](#):
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> How does the cashier know which one to select?  
> I don’t think I’ve seen these day-old bananas before.

I don’t know, but I would guess they have distinctive stickers on them or something. But they still have the same PLU as zero-day-old bananas. I’ve never actually been to any of those particular stores, being approximately 2,565 miles away.

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