Meneses, Alden wrote:
> I must be doing something wrong with this script....
>
> my $pcname = 'ACME0001';
> while ( $pcname < 5 ) {
I believe it has to do the arithmetic < which is making ACME0001 into 0 which
then gets added to 0.
This is the code I used to verify it would work as stated:
my $MyIds = 'ACME0001';
for(my $MyId=0;$MyId<1300;$MyId++) {
printf "%s\n", $MyIds++;
}
Wags ;)
> print "$pcname \n";
> $pcname++;
> }
>
> I get these results
>
> ACME0001
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 4
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wagner, David --- Senior Programmer Analyst --- WGO
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 11:50 AM
> To: James Edward Gray II; Meneses, Alden
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: How do I increment a alphanumeric value?
>
>
> James Edward Gray II wrote:
>> On Mar 12, 2004, at 1:39 PM, Meneses, Alden wrote:
>>
>>> Suppose I have machines that are ACMExxxx
>>>
>>> I want to go from ACME0001 to ACME9999
>>
>> How's this?
> If you have it in a variable then you only need ++ to get to the
> next item:
> my $MyMachines = 'ACME0001';
>
> # to get the next item
> $MyMachines++;
>
> Seems to simple, but ran a test and it works just like that.
>
> Wag ;)
>>
>> foreach (1..9999) {
>> printf "ACME%4d\n", $_;
>> }
>>
>> James
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