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pvparuc
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Hi all,

I have a field with format A2 that can have values '00' to '99' and 'AA' to 'ZZ'. I am trying to define a new field which will be 0 if the value is numeric i.e. '00' to '99' and 1 if the value is alpha i.e. 'AA' to 'ZZ'.
Now I'm using the following in define,

FLAG/I1 = IF SECTION IN ('00','01','02','03','04','05','06','07','08','09',
'10','11','12','13','14','15','16','17','18','19',
'20','21','22','23','24','25','26','27','28','29',
'30','31','32','33','34','35','36','37','38','39',
'40','41','42','43','44','45','46','47','48','49',
'50','51','52','53','54','55','56','57','58','59',
'60','61','62','63','64','65','66','67','68','69',
'70','71','72','73','74','75','76','77','78','79',
'80','81','82','83','84','85','86','87','88','89',
'90','91','92','93','94','95','96','97','98','99')
THEN 0 ELSE 1;

is there anyother way of achieving this.

Thanks in advance,
pvparuc

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Release: Webfocus 7.6.11
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Posts: 32 | Registered: October 29, 2010Report This Post
njsden
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FLAG/I1 = CHKFMT(2, SECTION, '99', FLAG);


FLAG will contain 0 if both digits are numeric or a number with the position of the first non-numeric one found.

'00' .. '99' -> 0
'AA' .. 'ZZ' -> 1
'A1' -> 1
'7B' -> 2


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Test: Dev. Studio 8008 /Windows 7 (Local) Output:HTML, EXL2K.
 
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njsden
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If you need FLAG to be only 0 or 1, then you can tweak the expression a bit:

FLAG/I1 = IF CHKFMT(2, SECTION, '99', FLAG) EQ 0 THEN 0 ELSE 1;


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Test: Dev. Studio 8008 /Windows 7 (Local) Output:HTML, EXL2K.
 
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pvparuc
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This is exactly what I was looking for

Thanks njsden


Release: Webfocus 7.6.11
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njsden
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You're welcome!

Could you please edit the title of your original post and prefix it with [SOLVED]?

Thanks Wink


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