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Re: Inspect vs numeric testing.

----- Original Message -----
From: <geir.kildal@entragroup.com>
To: <COBOL400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 7:17 AM
Subject: Inspect vs numeric testing.


> I'm wondering if there is a possibility  to get first non-numeric
character in a string replaced by f. eks. '*'?  I have checked the
> INSPECT-statement without finding a solution.


ah, the homework problem rises again... <VBG>

inspect and unstring by themselves won't get this done.
It's pretty much the same in any language... iterate through the string,
apply class tests, keep count and then substring.

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