I think it's "if some-field is not ALPHABETIC"

Ron Horner
HP3000 Systems Administrator
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Arthur Frank" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 3:27 PM
Subject: Simple COBOL question


Hello,

Is there an easy way, in COBOL, to determine if the 1st character of a
string is not a letter (A-Z)?  I see how to do it "brute force", but I was
hoping for something a little more elegant.

I apologize for the newbie question, but my COBOL skills were never strong
and they're rusty besides...

TIA,

Art Frank
Manager of Information Systems
OHSU Foundation
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