Re: Extract number from character field -- MIDRANGE-L

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Ahh, looks nice.  To bad I'm still stuck on V3R7M0.  Maybe after the
new year.

Regards,

Jim Langston

Mark Lazarus wrote:

> Jim, Jeff,
>
>  Actually, in the latest version there is a cool BIF that will reduce this
> to much fewer lines:
>
>  C      1       DO      %LEN( field )
>  C              ...     %REPLACE()
>  C              ... code to exit loop
>  C              ENDDO
>
>  I don't recall the exact syntax, but it's very useful.
>
>  -mark

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