Question

I have a question about iterate through the Alphabet.
I would like to have a loop that begins with “a” and ends with “z”. After that, the loop begins “aa” and count to “az”. after that begins with “ba” up to “bz” and so on…

Anybody know some solution?

Thanks

EDIT: I forgot that I give a char “a” to the function then the function must return b. if u give “bnc” then the function must return “bnd”

Answer 1

Edit: Made it do exactly as the OP’s latest edit wants

This is the simplest solution, and tested:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    Console.WriteLine(GetNextBase26("a"));
    Console.WriteLine(GetNextBase26("bnc"));
}

private static string GetNextBase26(string a)
{
    return Base26Sequence().SkipWhile(x => x != a).Skip(1).First();
}

private static IEnumerable<string> Base26Sequence()
{
    long i = 0L;
    while (true)
        yield return Base26Encode(i++);
}

private static char[] base26Chars = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz".ToCharArray();
private static string Base26Encode(Int64 value)
{
    string returnValue = null;
    do
    {
        returnValue = base26Chars[value % 26] + returnValue;
        value /= 26;
    } while (value-- != 0);
    return returnValue;
}