Re: num to alpha

usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
John W. Krahn wrote:
my %convert = qw[ 1 a 2 b 3 c 4 d 5 e 6 f 7 g 8 h 9 i 10 j 11 k 12 l 13 m 14 n
15 o 16 p 17 q 18 r 19 s 20 t 21 u 22 v 23 w 24 x 25 y 26 z ];

Yuck!

agreed, but how about a hash slice:

my %convert;
@convert{'a'..'z'} = (1..26);

-jp

PS - no offence John, normally you've got great stuff. :)

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