Perl Range Operator with Letters and Numbers -

Perl Range Operator with Letters and Numbers -

is there way utilize perl's range operator .. utilize letters , numbers?

for example, have:

for $i ('x'..'9') { print "$i "; }

output x y z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

not unless for $i ('x' .. 'z', 1 .. 9) counts. "z" never increment 1.

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