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> Fletch wrote:
> >>>>>>"Jason" == Jason Vinson <vinson.lists at charter.net> writes:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> >     Jason> Maybe i'm misunderstanding the problem, but are you saying
> >     Jason> that this is annoying:
> > 
> >     Jason> Character.getNumericValue('z')-Character.getNumericValue('a')
> > 
> >     Jason> Lengthy yes... but doable (and not that hard!)
> > 
> > *cough*Perl*cough*
> > 
> > ord('z') - ord('a')
> 
> No, no, character - character = integer... :)

And why is the ability to do that a Good Thing (tm)? :)

-- 
Thanks,
sriad


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