Incrementing alpha-numerical characters
What would be a good way to increment alpha-numerical characters? I could not think of a way to do this reliably or find a similar example somewhere. Like splitting up the alpha and numeric characters while incrementing the number and joining them together.
like this:
A1
A2
A3
A4...stay in A's until it reaches A999999
B1
B2
B3
B4...stay in B's until it reaches B999999
and so on until it gets to Z999999.
The goal is to put in a function, then I could give it a proper value and it would return the next incremented value.
like this:
A1
A2
A3
A4...stay in A's until it reaches A999999
B1
B2
B3
B4...stay in B's until it reaches B999999
and so on until it gets to Z999999.
The goal is to put in a function, then I could give it a proper value and it would return the next incremented value.
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I see there is already a solution, but since I took the time to write my own, I'll post it here anyway:
function nextValue($currentValue) {
if ($currentValue = 'Z999999')
return true;
if (!preg_match('/^([A-Z])(\\
return false;
if ($matches[2]=='999999')
return chr(ord($matches[1])+1) . '1';
return $matches[1] . (string) ((integer) $matches[2] + 1);
}
returns true when it reaches 'Z999999', returns false when the input is invalid, and returns your desired string otherwise.
function nextValue($currentValue) {
if ($currentValue = 'Z999999')
return true;
if (!preg_match('/^([A-Z])(\\
return false;
if ($matches[2]=='999999')
return chr(ord($matches[1])+1) . '1';
return $matches[1] . (string) ((integer) $matches[2] + 1);
}
returns true when it reaches 'Z999999', returns false when the input is invalid, and returns your desired string otherwise.
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Thank you JamesCssl for your contribution.
ASKER