I think this is possible

[JakeSteflan 0]

Hi everybody,

I'm new to scripting, and my friend and I were wondering how to go about doing this.

So we know it is possible to do this, but we can't figure out where to start.

Say I have notepad open and I want to fill it with combinations of letters such as

a

b

c

d

...

z

and then

aa

ab

ac

...

az

ba

bb

bc

...

bz

and so on, where every time it hits z, the column just before goes to the next letter. I'd like to be able to do that up to 7 times, so up to zzzzzzz.

If it were numbers I'd just make a while loop and print the $loopcount but when it comes to letters, I am kind of stumped on how to do that.

Any advice on where to start?

Thanks!

-Jake

[Tyranlol 0]

Not sure if i understood what you meant, but you said you could do it if it were numbers. you could just make numbers to letters? so that 1 would be "A" and 2 would be "B" etc?

[JakeSteflan 0]

Not sure if i understood what you meant, but you said you could do it if it were numbers. you could just make numbers to letters? so that 1 would be "A" and 2 would be "B" etc?

If it were numbers, I think it would be something like

$loopcount=0
while $loopcount <=1000000
Send(" " & $loopcount)
$loopcount = $loopcount +1
wend

that is what I meant.

[somdcomputerguy 103]

This function, Chr, could be used here.

[JakeSteflan 0]

This function, Chr, could be used here.

Oh neat, so it'd be the same thing, just 65-90. I think that can get me started. Thanks for that!

[somdcomputerguy 103]

You bet. Good luck.

[JohnOne 1,603]

lol 20 minutes on the forum and already a makeshift brute force in the making

[JakeSteflan 0]

lol 20 minutes on the forum and already a makeshift brute force in the making

I'm pretty sure this would be the worst brute force ever, hehe. I thought about that after posting it, and was hoping nobody would think that was what I was up to.

I assure you my intentions are pure, this is purely a mechanics of coding thing.

[Tvern 11]

I'm not sure sending over 10 billion lines to notepad is very effective.

[JakeSteflan 0]

I got it to work!

This is probably really sloppy, and I'm sure it is dumb, but I was able to do it up to 3 letters, which is good enough for us

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WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad","")
Opt("SendKeyDelay", 0)


$text = ""
$a=65
$b=65
$c=65



    while $b<=90

            while $a <=90
                $text = Chr($a)
                Send("" & $text & "{enter}")
                $a=$a+1
            WEnd
        $a=65

        while $a <=90
            $text = Chr($b) & Chr($a)
            Send("" & $text & "{enter}")
            $a=$a+1
        WEnd
    $b=$b+1

    WEnd


$a=65
$b=65
while $c<=90
    $b=65
    while $b <=90
            $a=65
        while $a <=90
            $text = Chr($c) & Chr($b) & Chr($a)
            Send("" & $text & "{enter}")
            $a=$a+1
        WEnd
                $b=$b+1
    WEnd
$c=$c+1
WEnd

[somdcomputerguy 103]

Here's a 'nudge' in another direction..

For $i = 1 To 3
    ConsoleWrite(Chr(Random(65, 90, 1)) & @LF)
Next

Just replace the ConsoleWrite with Send to get to work with Notepad..

[seandisanti 6]

Here's a 'nudge' in another direction..

For $i = 1 To 3
    ConsoleWrite(Chr(Random(65, 90, 1)) & @LF)
Next

Just replace the ConsoleWrite with Send to get to work with Notepad..

he wanted generate permutations in order... randomizing the output would kind of defeat the purpose...

***edit***

and a for loop where you never increment the iterator never exits - i'm dumb was thinking of a while loop, lol

Edited August 14, 2010 by cameronsdad

[somdcomputerguy 103]

I get this when I ran that code

>Running:(3.3.4.0):C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\autoit3.exe "C:\Users\Public\randomsendchar.au3"

A

E

U

+>22:33:09 AutoIT3.exe ended.rc:0

+>22:33:10 AutoIt3Wrapper Finished

>Exit code: 0 Time: 1.320

This code 'generates permutations in order'..

For $i = Random(65, 88, 1) To $i + 2
    ConsoleWrite(Chr($i) & @LF)
Next

Edited August 14, 2010 by somdcomputerguy