Re^2: Algorithm for "Incrementing" strings

True, although the more digits $val has, the longer your do loop will have to spin to get past 'XAAAAAAAAAAAA' and up to 'XBBBBBBBBBBBB', won't it?

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Re^3: Algorithm for "Incrementing" strings by pme (Monsignor) on Feb 11, 2015 at 18:35 UTC
If we always skip vowels then we never have vowels in the string. Should we replace vowels in the string in the very beginning?	[reply]
Re^4: Algorithm for "Incrementing" strings by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Feb 11, 2015 at 18:53 UTC
Ok, change 'XAAAAAAAAAAAA' to 'WZZZZZZZZZZZZ': `perl -E '$a="WZZZZZZZ"; $a++; say $a'` => 'XAAAAAAA' --MidLifeXis	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Algorithm for "Incrementing" strings by pme (Monsignor) on Feb 11, 2015 at 20:23 UTC
Ooops, that's true. We have to polish the value after incrementing another way. Not_a_Number provided excellent solution below 1116376.	[reply]