Re: How to check valid date -- RPG400-L

Subject: Re: How to check valid date
From: rob@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 14:16:52 -0500
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Is TEST(D) as bad as TEST(N)?  Many times people have tried to use TEST(N) 
to test if a value was numeric only to find out that a string like '0123B' 
may be a valid number because of the way IBM handles a negative sign. 
While that may be true, that's not the function the developer was hoping 
for.

Rob Berendt

Follow-Ups:

RE: How to check valid date , Bob Cozzi
Re: How to check valid date , RPower

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