manipulating AlphaNumeric string

prodigy · New User Joined: 15 May 2006 Posts: 28

i have a variable which has some string (ex:- 12345WE)

can anybody tell me a way How to check whether the last 2 characters of this string is ALPHANUMERIC or not.. (ex:- 12345WE)

sunnyk · New User Joined: 20 Oct 2004 Posts: 59

By using Reference modification, move the last two chars to a new working storage variable and then check whether that new variable is > spaces. If yes, then last two chars of the string is ALPHANUMERIC else not.

Regds
Sunny

venkatm99 · New User Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Posts: 23 Location: Sinagpore

hi

suppose alpha numeric varible length is 10 bytes.

01 ws-alpha pic x(10).

01 ws-alpha-r redefines ws-alpha.
05 ws-alpha-1 pic x(08).
o5 ws-alpha-2 pic 9(02).

If ws-alpha-2 is nureric
perform x
else
perform y
end-if

Hope it will clear ur doubt

cheers
venkat

prodigy · New User Joined: 15 May 2006 Posts: 28

Hey thx guys for ur replies.... was useful

mmwife · Super Moderator Joined: 30 May 2003 Posts: 1592

It's amazing how these "simple" ques can get complicated. Prodigy asked if you can test that the last 2 chars of a field are alphanuneric, but his example shows the last 2 chars as alphabetic.

Does he mean A or AN. My guess is that he meant A, else he would have used something like W6 as his last 2 chars. Also does he consider a space an alpha; the alpha class test does.

Anyway, I'd try:

Marso · Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 4:41 pm

It gets even more complicated if the last 2 chars are not always in the same place.
The given example was '- 12345WE'. Now what happens if the value is '- 123WE' ?
Can this happen?