Re: Feature Proposal: Allow letter decrementing

From: Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:14:56 +0000
Subject: Re: Feature Proposal: Allow letter decrementing
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>>>> What's the intended use case for string increment / decrement? >>>> >>>> >>> Personally, I instantly think of mirroring spreadsheet columns - works >>> quite well in that context. >>> >> >> ++/-- 'XYZ00001234' would have use cases. I once had an app which needed to generate long continuous ranges of alpha codes. But even then I did not implement -- in PHP userland. I think if there is a need for --, each application would need its own "correct" behaviour. AAA-- may be AA or ZZ or ZZZ or ZZ0 or ZZ9 or even 0ZZ depending on use case. If there is a reason to do this in C rather than PHP userland code, it's probably best fit in an extension. -- Ralf Lang Linux Consultant / Developer Tel.: +49-170-6381563 Mail: lang@b1-systems.de B1 Systems GmbH Osterfeldstraße 7 / 85088 Vohburg / http://www.b1-systems.de GF: Ralph Dehner / Unternehmenssitz: Vohburg / AG: Ingolstadt,HRB 3537

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