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Re: Simple COBOL question
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Roy Brown <[log in to unmask]>
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Roy Brown <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 26 Jun 2002 21:43:13 +0100
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In message <[log in to unmask]>, Arthur Frank
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>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...

IF STRING (1:1) NOT ALPHABETIC

I think....
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Roy Brown        'Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be
Kelmscott Ltd     useful, or believe to be beautiful'  William Morris

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