trimming non-numerics -- RPG400-L

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Subject: trimming non-numerics
From: "Jeffrey Lee" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 19:23:26 -0500
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I was wondering how I could strip any non numberic characters from a set of 
numbers submitted via a html form. For example (504) 555-5555 would be 
5045555555 or 504-555-5555 would be 5045555555   Like %trim does with spaces is 
there something to deal with non-numberics?

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