in reply to Re^3: Algorithm for "Incrementing" strings
in thread Algorithm for "Incrementing" strings

Ok, change 'XAAAAAAAAAAAA' to 'WZZZZZZZZZZZZ': perl -E '$a="WZZZZZZZ"; $a++; say $a' => 'XAAAAAAA'

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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.
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