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Not trying to be funny, but I would say that ANYTHING in memory is valid
numeric data. A single byte can represent 256 different values...
Trying to look into memory and determine if it looks "packed" or "zoned"
or "binary" seems risky to me, and probably guaranteed to make you look
foolish at some point in time...
JMO,
-Eric DeLong
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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Zachary Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 2:39 PM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i (rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Subject: Validate Numeric Data
Given a pointer and size, is there a way to find out if the data at that
address is valid numeric data? Could be packed or zoned and I suppose
integer also.
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