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for loop, iteration through alphabet? java

I can iterate through the alphabet, but I'm trying to keep the last iteration and add on the next letter. this is my code. for(char alphabet = 'a'; alphabet <='z'; alphabet ++ ) { System.out.println(alphabet); } I want…
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Most efficient way to get previous letter in the alphabet using PHP

Its working nicely: $str = 'a'; echo ++$str; // prints 'b' $str = 'z'; echo ++$str; // prints 'aa' Its very useful to get next column name in an excel file. But if I use similar code using -- operator to get the previous letter then its not…
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How to enumerate the LOCALIZED alphabet in C#?

First of all, this is not a duplicate of: Quickest way to enumerate the alphabet Because I need to get all the characters of the alphabet OF AN ARBITRARY (variable) LANGUAGE, and that in the correct ordering sequence. How can I do that without…
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Is there an easy way to programmatically get the alphabet?

I want an NSArray/NSMutableArray containing all the letters of the alphabet. There must be a quick and easy way, better than typing them all out. For example in PHP: foreach(range('A','Z') as $i) $alphabet[]=$i;
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How to get an easier way of generating the alphabet in C++?

i am trying to make a project,to experiment and learn C++, i didnt finish making it,but what it does is you type in a 3 or 4 (the variable noc) word and the program runs through all the possible (noc) letter words or nonsense, until it finds…
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flutter listview alphabet index

How to get the finger movement event in flutter like 'recyclerview alphabet index in android' check the sample image. I have created a Positioned alphabet index listview but I can't find the current index in DragUpdate. var alphabet =…
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Getting the alphabet of a language from the Locale in Java

I am making an internationalized app in Java. I need a list of all the letters in a language, starting from the Locale. There are some questions like Alphabet constant in Java? or Create Alphabet List from list : Java which touch on the issue, but…
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how to get nth letter of english alphabet

Is there any way to get nth letter of English alphabet? I want smt similar to this: string letter = EnglishAlphabet.GetLetter(5); //result -> letter is 'E' I want to use this according to count of my list. If there is 3 elements on my list so "D:D"…
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Expand alphabetical range to list of characters in Python

I have strings describing a range of characters alphabetically, made up of two characters separated by a hyphen. I'd like to expand them out into a list of the individual characters like this: 'a-d' -> ['a','b','c','d'] 'B-F' ->…
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Incrementing alphabets

I am trying to create a function which will give me alphabet position when an index is passed. It will be same like how excel shows it's columns. A...Z, AA,AB.... I wrote the below function to get the results upto Z. It looks like static string…
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Whole alphabet for sections index in core data

I've implemented a table populated with core data and now I'm trying to indexing it with sections by displaying the side Alphabet (in Contacts like format). In the code below, if I use the commented line, I have only letters for existing sections.…
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what is the best way to loop through alphabet in C# to output to Excel?

I have code that is exporting to excel and i have an array of columns . . var colheaders = new string[] {"Name", "Age", "Total", "Date"} right now i have code that looks like this to setup the headers excelExport.SetCell("A", 1,…
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SwiftUI - How to add "letters sections" and alphabet jumper in a Form?

How can I make a Form in which the elements are automatically divided into sections based on their first letter and add to the right the alphabet jumper to show the elements starting by the selected letter (just like the Contacts app)? I also noted…
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Continous alphabetic list in python and getting every value of it

I've almost the same problem like this one: How to make a continuous alphabetic list python (from a-z then from aa, ab, ac etc) But, I am doing a list in gui like excel, where on the vertical header should be letters ...aa,ab,ac....dg,dh,di... To…
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Powershell loop with numbers to alphabet

I need help with the following: Create a for loop based on the conditions that the index is initialized to 0, $test is less than 26, and the index is incremented by 1 For each iteration, print the current letter of the alphabet. Start at the letter…
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