note flexvault <p>Thank you <a href="http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=708738">LanX</a>,</p> <p>++ for your question/comment. I can use this 'feature' now.</p><p> I have an application that because of losing leading zeros in strings in Perl, always starts with a '1' followed by the maximum number of zeros for the field number. I have always used "1_000" for small field numbers and "10_000" for 'large' field numbers. Using this 'feature', I can use "A000", or "A0000" to start and if I underestimated the requirement, it will just increment past the theoretical end of "A9..9", giving 25 times more then the 'maximum' original guess. </p><p> I also agree that 'strinc' would make sense, but why not add 'strinc' for new requirements, and leave the current implementation intact. Either way, I like the capability :-) </p> <p>Thanks...Ed</p> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-733061"> <p><b>"Well done is better than well said." - Benjamin Franklin</b></p> </div></div> 1019130 1019130