How To Separate The Numerics From An Alphanumric Data Item
Which Contains Both Alphabates And Numerics ?
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Answer / shriram supalwar, dharmabad
01 A pic x(10) value 'a1b2c34d5e'.
01 B pic x(5).
(You want to move only numeric data from a to b)
PERFORM PARA1 VARYING I FROM 1 BY 1 UNTIL I>10
PARA1.
IF A(I:1) IS NUMERIC
MOVE A(I:1) TO B(I:1)
END-IF
END-PERFORM.
DISPLAY "NUMERIC DATA IS:" B(I).
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Answer / kingmanish
Use the COBOL keyword ISNUMERIC.
This would be evaluated to true if the value stored is
numeric and you can separate the numeric values
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