Incrementing Character Fields

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

Hey Folks,

Here's an interesting exercise!  I'd swear that I've seen this done in RPG 
many moons ago, but the only practical example I can recall is from a long 
dead platform using an equally long dead version of BASIC.  Say you have a 
three character alpha field that needs to be incremented progressively like a 
number (e.g., AAA, AAB, AAC...ABA, ABB, ABC...ZZX, ZZY, ZZZ).  Any ideas on 
how this could be done in either RPG or RPGLE?

TIA,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"The brain is a wonderful organ.  It starts the moment you get up and doesn't 
stop until you get into the office." -- Robert Frost
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