Letter Sequence

[DCarpenter]

I’m writing a vectorscript, and I need to label multiple objects in a grid (an LED wall to be exact), so my labels would be: A1, A2, A3…, B1, B2, B3… etc.  sequencing numbers is easy, but how do I sequence letters?  Is it possible to convert a letter to a number and sequence that way?  
 

Dave

[Pat Stanford]

Easiest way I know of is to use a numeric pointer and then use an offset to convert the number to an ASCII character.

 

Capital Letter A is ASCII Character 65 Decimal.

 

So an Integer plus 64 will give you the ASCII code for capital letters

 

C_H_R_(). will give you the character as a CHAR (single character string). (Remove the underscores. The forum parser would not let me post what I wanted.)

[DCarpenter]

On 6/25/2023 at 8:00 PM, Pat Stanford said:

 The forum parser would not let me post what I wanted.)

 

Pat, Thank you as always.  I've always appreciated your help especially when I hit road blocks like this.  I will look for examples of using a number pointer and use of an offset, and let you know if i have any questions.  

 

Did you get a citation from the Forum Police? 

Posting government Vectorworks documents or something?

[Pat Stanford]

No citation.  But it seems like the parser uses CHR for something so when I try to enter it it can't process it because I am not using the syntax it is expecting.

 

But it works here so maybe it is ok without the parentheses.  🤷‍♂️

[SamIWas]

This is a little number/letter grid maker I threw together for a recent project.  Might take a few tries for the output to make sense given the input, but I just haven't gone back in and clarified it all yet.   But, yours to use for now if you want it.

 

Insert Letter-Number Grid.vsm

 

Edited July 20, 2023 by SamIWas
RE-uploaded the file