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Numeric check in Alphanumeric field
Posted:
Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:21 pmby ssgan
Hi,
I am having requirement to check whether Alphanumric variable is having numeric value(just numbers) in it.
Ex- VAR 1 defined as X(4).
It can have value as '1234' OR '12ds'
i need to process based on whether it is having number values or alphanum values.
Can anyone help on this?
thanks,
SSgan
Re: Numeric check in Alphanumeric field
Posted:
Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:33 pmby BillyBoyo
IF a-far-more-descriptive-name-than-VAR1 NUMERIC
do some processing for when it is NUMERIC
ELSE
do some processing for when it is NOT NUMERIC
END-IF
Re: Numeric check in Alphanumeric field
Posted:
Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:53 pmby ssgan
Hi,
Thanks for your reply Billy
There are chance that i get input as '12 ' where i should treat this is numeric. Numeric check will skip the process here.
Thanks,
Ssgan
Re: Numeric check in Alphanumeric field
Posted:
Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:59 pmby BillyBoyo
Scroll down the screen a bit and have a look at "Check whether a field is Numeric or not", see if that helps.
Re: Numeric check in Alphanumeric field
Posted:
Mon Mar 04, 2013 6:30 pmby Robert Sample
Use reference modification (or an array) to check each byte to be spaces or zero through nine (an 88-level might be useful here). If any byte is not one of those 11 eleven characters, it is not numeric. If all bytes are spaces / 0 through 9, then you can use the FUNCTION NUMVAL to convert the PIC X(4) variable to a PIC 9(04) variable and the '12' would be converted as part of that process.
Re: Numeric check in Alphanumeric field
Posted:
Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:14 pmby BillyBoyo
Ensure that you deal with "embedded spaces" however it has been defined to you.
as well as
You would need to be certain about how all those should be treated - as numeric, or not, and what output would be required.