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how to increment a character

for eg/- i want to generate a,b,c,d,e,f...in C i can add 1 to ascii value, but in java '+ ' will cause concat. Point to some API if there is
[156 byte] By [prabhmeeta] at [2007-10-3 3:21:14]
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# 1
> for eg/- i want to generate a,b,c,d,e,f...> in C i can add 1 to ascii value, but in java '+ '> will cause concat. Point to some API if there is+ concats only String not char
ScarletPimpernela at 2007-7-14 21:13:29 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,Java Programming...
# 2

Usually I just create literal of the characters I want to run over, and then use charAt(i++) to get the next one.

e.g.

"abcefghijk".charAt(index);

You can use casts though - cast character to int and back again as in:

ch = (char)((int)ch + 1);

malcolmmca at 2007-7-14 21:13:29 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,Java Programming...
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