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Thanks. The xlate works like this but there are other numbers in the
string.

nte = %xlate('ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ':' ':nte);

On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 1:28 PM Steve M via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Art,

How consistent is the number format? You could search from the right for a
decimal (period) and then go two to the right and one to the left of that
location. A more direct "hit" that the space search IMHO.

Steve Meisinger


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From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Art
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Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 12:16
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: How to get the dollar value from this text string?

Here are some samples. need to extract 1.23 here. I was thinking of
reading
backwards looking for a space. Any better ideas? Thank you.

NTE*OTH*#F7- PST/SALES TAX GAZE9H01/MNT/ / 6/- 1.23~

NTE*OTH*#F7- PST/SALES TAX GSYE9R03/WHT/ / 4T/- 1.22~

NTE*OTH*#OH- HANDLING CHARGES GAZE9H01/MNT/ / 6/- 3.36~

NTE*OTH*#OH- HANDLING CHARGES GSYE9R03/WHT/ / 4T/- 2.29~

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