Re: Opposite of %CHECK?

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not aware of anything specific that would help beyond what you have identified.

Probably the "best" solution would be regex (either via the APIs or SQL).

You could also loop through each character checking if it is in the range e.g. If charFromField(i) In %Range('a' : 'z') ...

There's probably at least 5 other ways to do it.


Jon P.


> On Jul 25, 2023, at 3:58 PM, James H. H. Lampert via RPG400-L <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I'm looking for an easy way to determine whether a character string contains at least one lowercase character.
>
> I can see that %CHECK() will tell me if there's at least one character in "base" that *doesn't* appear in "comparator," but is there an easy way to determine if there's at least one character in "base" that *does* appear in "comparator"?
>
> Or do I have to do a %CHECK with a big, long "comparator" that contains everything *but* lowercase letters?
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