Re: string editing suggestions -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: string editing suggestions
From: "Leif Svalgaard" <leif@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 15:25:22 -0500
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> > From: Graves, Chuck [mailto:cgraves@roddapaint.com]
> > I have a need to edit/validate a 23 character field, with the
> > 1) numeric only... easy enough with TESTN OP Code
> > 2) minimum of 6 characters ... easy enough by finding the position of
> > the first blank character etc.

but you should take into account the possibility of LEADING (and
maybe EMBEDDED) blanks as well.

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