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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting String increment in UNIX Post 302874051 by fpmurphy on Thursday 14th of November 2013 01:47:33 AM
Old 11-14-2013
Code:
#!/bin/ksh93

function incstring
{
   src=$1

   typeset -i len=${#src}
   max=$(( len - 1))

   new=""
   typeset -i dec 
   carry=0

   while ((len--))
   do
      last=${src:$len:1}
      dec=$(printf "%u" "'$last")
      (( dec != 32 )) && {
         (( len == max )) && (( dec++ ))
         (( carry == 1 )) && { (( dec++ )); carry=0; } 
         carry=0
         (( dec > 90 )) && { dec=65; carry=1; } 
      } 
      ascii=$(printf \\$(($dec/64*100+$dec%64/8*10+$dec%8)))
      new=${ascii}${new}
   done

   echo $new
}


read str?"Source: "
read cnt?"Count: " 

for ((i=0; i < cnt; i++)) {
    str=$(incstring "$str")
    echo $str
}

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XmScrollBarGetValues(library call)										XmScrollBarGetValues(library call)

NAME

       XmScrollBarGetValues -- A ScrollBar function that returns the ScrollBar's increment values

SYNOPSIS

       #include <Xm/ScrollBar.h>
       void XmScrollBarGetValues (widget, value_return, slider_size_return,
       increment_return, page_increment_return)
	       Widget  widget;
	       int     * value_return;
	       int     * slider_size_return;
	       int     * increment_return;
	       int     * page_increment_return;
       (void)

DESCRIPTION

       XmScrollBarGetValues  returns  the  the	ScrollBar's increment values.  The scroll region is overlaid with a slider bar that is adjusted in
       size and position using the main ScrollBar or set slider function attributes.

       widget	 Specifies the ScrollBar widget ID.

       value_return
		 Returns the ScrollBar's slider position between the XmNminimum and XmNmaximum resources.  Specify NULL to prevent the return of a
		 particular value.

       slider_size_return
		 Returns the size of the slider as a value between 0 (zero) and the absolute value of XmNmaximum minus XmNminimum. The size of the
		 slider varies, depending on how much of the slider scroll area it represents.

       increment_return
		 Returns the amount of increment and decrement.

       page_increment_return
		 Returns the amount of page increment and decrement.

       For a complete definition of ScrollBar and its associated resources, see XmScrollBar(3).

RETURN

       Returns the ScrollBar's increment values.

RELATED

       XmScrollBar(3).

														XmScrollBarGetValues(library call)
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