RE: Numeric Validation

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                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Malcolm Westley [mailto:mwestley@ic.net]
                Sent:   Tuesday, July 13, 1999 4:49 AM
                To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
                Subject:        Re: Numeric Validation

                The clock chimed 9:44 AM -0400 7/12/99 when
                as400mail@smtpmail.nationcredit.com scribbled:
                >Nick,
                >
                >Interogating a alpha field as numeric needn't be all that
difficult seems
                >to me.
                >But, how do you intend to "convert" a decimal-positioned
"numeric"? For
                >example,
                >if your alpha field = '1000.50' and (stripped of decimal
point) you move the
                >alpha field into a numeric field defined as 10 0, the
resultant numeric could
                >become a value = "100,050". Conversely, if your alpha field
is '100,050'
                >and you
                >move it into a numeric field defined as 10 2, the resultant
numeric could
                >be of
                >value = "1000.50". How many variations on the decimal
positioning are
                >possible?
                >
                >BTW what version of RPG are you on?
                >
                >David Stobberingh
                >
                >
                >> I am looking for a way to validate that an alpha field is
a valid numeric,
                >this will include comma's and decimal points, leading or
trailing blanks etc.
                >Also this will have to be converted to a numeric field if
it is a valid.
                >
                >Nick Runnalls
                ><
                >
                If anyone is interested, I have a program (also a module)
that translates
                alpha to numeric or the reverse. It also validates the alpha
field. It can
                handle up to 25 digits. I use it to validate character input
fields  as
                numbers, format numeric fields inside strings, etc..

                Malcolm Westley


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