in reply to Incrementing characters

You could use a hash...
my %h=map{$_++ => $_}('a'..'z'); $h{'z'}='a';
gives you a hash which looks like this:
a => b b => c c => d d => e e => f f => g g => h h => i i => j j => k k => l l => m m => n n => o o => p p => q q => r r => s s => t t => u u => v v => w w => x x => y y => z z => a
andy.