Re: Add to Character Value

["Raul A. Jager W." <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

There are several ways to do it, but I think the array with the valid 
characters will be the easiest.  Using the array you can have an index 
to increment, or define 2 arrays and use xlate

Like this  next = %xlate('ABCD...'. 'BCDE..': actual);
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Booth Martin wrote:

> Gosh, I bet its pretty easy, but for the moment the answer escapes me. 
> Some of the others here can help, I bet.
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> Don Wereschuk wrote:
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> > WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR IS THE EXPRESSION 'A' + 1 = 'B' . I WANT TO
> > INCREASE THE CHARTERS IN ORDER FROM 'A' TO 'Z' BY ADDING 1 TO THE
> > CHARACTER.
> >
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> > Don Wereschuk
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Booth Martin [mailto:booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 3:00 PM
> > To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> > Subject: Re: Add to Character Value
> >
> > Can you create an array of all valid values ranked in the order you 
> > choose.  Then do a lookup on a character, add 1 to the array, and choose
> >
> > that new element as your new value.
> >
> > It isn't clear to me what you would want "Q + 1" to equal, or "q + 1". 
> > An array that you construct would resolve that ambiguity.
> >
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> >
> >
> > Don Wereschuk wrote:
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> > > Does anyone know of a method to increment a character value . For
> > > instance I want to increase the value 'A' to be the value 'B'.
> > >
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