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meenasomu

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:51 am
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Hi,

Can anyone tell me how to check the whether a particular character in a string has only alphabetic character.

My requirement is to scan through each and every character of the string to check whether the particular character is numeric or alphabhetic.

Code:


IF (WS-STRING(i:1) ='N' and WS-ID(i:1) IS NUMERIC)
OR (WS-STRING(i:1) ='A' and <need to check whether the ID variable has value in the range 'A' to 'Z'> )
    perform necessary logic
END-IF




To check whether the character is numeric , i can use a IS NUMERIC clause. Can anyone help me to get link to check for the alphabet?

Thanks in Advance.

Regards,
Meena S.
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ksk

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 12:09 pm
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Hello Meena,

To check an alphabetic character, we can use IS ALPHABETIC clause.

for ex:

IF (SEGMENT-NAME IS ALPHABETIC OR
SEGMENT-NAME IS NUMERIC)

Note: IS ALPHABETIC is to check only for alphabets.

ksk
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meenasomu

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:23 pm
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Thanks ksk
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