RE: Check for a numeric data

["DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can you substring out the first nine characters and use TESTN?

Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Sr. Programmer/Analyst
940-898-7863 or ext. 1863



-----Original Message-----
From: Wills, Mike N. (TC) [mailto:MNWills@taylorcorp.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 10:51 AM
To: 'rpg400-l@midrange.com'
Subject: Check for a numeric data


How do I check to see if one part of a text field is numeric? An example of
the field is: '   12345THIS IS TEXT'. I want to check to see if the first 9
characters are numeric.

TIA for any help.

Mike
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