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Obi-wan Kenobi
Obi-wan Kenobi
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March 10, 2017
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Increment an "alphabetic" counter!? …

  • March 10, 2017
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Hi Scripters,

I'm really perplexed with this!

        // ..................................
        var myCounter = 1;
        for ( .............. ) {
            // ..................................
            myCounter++
            }

How play with an "alphabetic" counter!

Here, my counter begins to "1", then jump to "2", then to "3" …!

… But I'm trying to get: "a", then "b", then "c", …!

So, perplexed! 

Thanks for help!

(^/)

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What happens when you get to 'z'?

If it's only A-Z, you could try:

String.fromCharCode(64+i)

... because 65 is the ASCII code for A.

But if you need something more complicated, say x,y,z,aa,bb,cc, etc., you'll have to build the function yourself...

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March 10, 2017

What happens when you get to 'z'?

If it's only A-Z, you could try:

String.fromCharCode(64+i)

... because 65 is the ASCII code for A.

But if you need something more complicated, say x,y,z,aa,bb,cc, etc., you'll have to build the function yourself...

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Obi-wan Kenobi
Obi-wan KenobiAuthor
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March 10, 2017

Thanks Ariel! I won't never jump after "z"!

Perfect with:

        var myCounter = String.fromCharCode(97);

… because 97 is the ASCII code for "a"! 

(^/)

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