Re: trimming non-numerics

[Hans Boldt <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

mlazarus@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> Hans,
>
>  Why do you say the using %Xlate / %Replace is overkill?  Is it performance
> you're concerned with?  It would be fewer statements (either one or two)
> and doesn't reduce legibility, IMHO.
>
>  Obviously, if there are other, unexpected, characters to strip out of the
> source string, then that's a different story.  But that did not seem to be
> the case here.
>
>
>  As an aside, the statement:
>
>         if '0' <= %subst(source:i:1) and %subst(source:i:1) <= '9';
>  should read:
>         if '0' >= %subst(source:i:1) and %subst(source:i:1) <= '9';


No, this time I actually tested the code I posted. I first had it coded 
as per your recommendation, but that didn't work.

Cheers! Hans