Re: [FWP] string increment

[Ronald J Kimball <rjk@linguist.dartmouth.edu>]

On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 01:38:31PM +0100, Piers Cawley wrote:
> Alistair.McGlinchy@marks-and-spencer.com writes:
> 
> > Piers,
> > 
> > > perl -le'map/^a*.z*$/&print,aaaa..zzzz
> > 
> > I like removing the last "'" character. 
> 
> Bugger, that was a mistake. Should be:
> 
> perl -le'map/^a*.z*$/&print,aaaa..zzzz'
> 
> > But I think the 2nd "&" is still necessary. Otherwise you just get
> > aaaa..zzzz
> 
> Have you tried it? It worked when I tested it.

No, it does not work.  & does not short circuit, so the regex is
superfluous and the entire list is printed.

Ronald

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