func splitRangeString(start, end string, splits int) []string {
results := []string{start}
if start == end {
return results
}
if end < start {
tmp := start
start = end
end = tmp
}
// find longest common prefix between strings
minLen := len(start)
if len(end) < minLen {
minLen = len(end)
}
prefix := ""
for i := 0; i < minLen; i++ {
if start[i] == end[i] {
prefix = start[0 : i+1]
} else {
break
}
}
// remove prefix from strings to split
start = start[len(prefix):]
end = end[len(prefix):]
ordStart := stringToOrd(start)
ordEnd := stringToOrd(end)
tmp := new(big.Int)
tmp.Sub(ordEnd, ordStart)
stride := new(big.Float)
stride.SetInt(tmp)
stride.Quo(stride, big.NewFloat(float64(splits)))
for i := 1; i <= splits; i++ {
tmp := new(big.Float)
tmp.Mul(stride, big.NewFloat(float64(i)))
tmp.Add(tmp, new(big.Float).SetInt(ordStart))
result, _ := tmp.Int(new(big.Int))
value := prefix + ordToString(result, 0)
if value != results[len(results)-1] {
results = append(results, value)
}
}
return results
}