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Hello All,
I have phone numbers in a field like this
2121112222 in a field. I'd like to write up something to detect data entry error like
212111 222 or 212111-222 etc etc. How do I detect anything that is not number at all that could be a character or a blank or a dash - or anything else in that number? I know that CHKFMT can verify if that is a string or a number but wont detect those issues I just described above. How do I do that? any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!

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Sounds like if the field contains only numbers, there was no data entry error, so, why wouldn't CHKFMT be enough of a validation?


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ya, I think I got it with CHKFMT finally. I am testing the data and seems to be working. Then I am all set. I will post new questions on this very same topic if I have any other questions.
Thank you!


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