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Hi Mike

This kind of thing might help

D msString s 20 inz('Replace - . Dash X')

D msLookFor S 4 INZ('- .X')

D miChar S 10I 0

/FREE

FOR miChar = 1 TO %LEN(msLookFor);

DOW %SCAN(%SUBST(msLookFor:miChar:1):msString) > *ZEROS;

IF %SCAN(%SUBST(msLookFor:miChar:1):msString) <

%LEN(%TRIMR(msString));

msString =
%REPLACE('':msString:%SCAN(%SUBST(msLookFor:miChar:1)
:msString):1);

ELSE;

msString = %TRIMR(%TRIMR(msString):msLookFor) ;

LEAVE;

ENDIF;

ENDDO;

ENDFOR;

RETURN;

/FREE


Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Cunningham
Sent: 20 November 2008 15:19
To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
Subject: Remove embedded characters in a string

Is there an easy way to remove special characters embedded in a string?
I know that %trim will remove them from before/after a string but not
inside the string. I need to be able to take a string like 'XC0-4566.999
X' and turn it into 'XC04566999X'. Removing "-", ".", blanks and
anything else not a number or letter.
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