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in reply to Base36 numbers: speed and golf

Of course, I can't say whether this is the fastest but it was designed to be fast.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my %next; BEGIN { @next{'0'..'9','A'..'Z'}= ('1'..'9','A'..'Z','0'); } sub inc36 { my $add= ""; my $dig; while( not $dig= $next{chop($_[0])} ) { $add .= $dig; if( ! length($_[0]) ) { $dig= '1'; last; } } $_[0] .= $dig . $add; } while( <DATA> ) { for( split " " ) { print "$_ + 1 = "; inc36( $_ ); print $_,$/; } } __END__ 0 1 9 A Y Z 10 19 1Z 9Z AZ ZZ YZZ XYZZY XYZZZ
which outputs:
0 + 1 = 1
1 + 1 = 2
9 + 1 = A
A + 1 = B
Y + 1 = Z
Z + 1 = 10
10 + 1 = 11
19 + 1 = 1A
1Z + 1 = 20
9Z + 1 = A0
AZ + 1 = B0
ZZ + 1 = 100
YZZ + 1 = Z00
XYZZY + 1 = XYZZZ
XYZZZ + 1 = XZ000

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")