Hi Bruce.

06-Mar-03 20:35:00, Bruce Howells wrote to All


 BH> Howdy All, here's a little BATCH that I put to_get_her recently.

interesting,


I found  2 ways to use fewer lines and fewer variables.


:: nextnum.bat ::
{at}if (%9)==() goto Begin

set t=%1
shift
set v=%1

:Inc
shift
if not %1==%t% goto Inc

set %v%=%2

if not (%2)==(0) goto End

if (%5)==() goto End

%m% %3 %4 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 %5 %6

:Begin
{at}echo off
set f=packet.
set m=%0

for %%n in (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) do if exist %f%%%n?? set a=%%n

for %%n in (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) do if exist %f%%a%%%n? set b=%%n

for %%n in (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) do if exist %f%%a%%b%%%n set c=%%n

%m% %c% c 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 %b% b %a% a

:end
echo Next filename %f%%a%%b%%c%

for %%v in (a b c f m t v) do set %%v=
:: EOF ::

 -=> Bye <=-

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