Re: Incrementing a character

Posted in 1998

Paul Roberts — 27 Oct 1998 16:00:53 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <36358681.6341575@news.startext.net>, <cburton@no-spam:star-telegram.com> wrote: >Anyway to increment CHAR(1) value "A" to "B", without using case >statement, without using 'C' (language that is)? I was looking for >something 'cute'. > >TIA >Chris Burton How about this: define your_char char(1) [...] let your_char = ascii(ord(your_char)+1) I'm not sure exactly what it does to 'Z' - probably turns it into a punctuation mark. Cutish, I would say. Paul