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==Purpose==
 
==Purpose==
 
Function to test for an alphabetic character
 
Function to test for an alphabetic character
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
[[ISLOWER()]], [[ISUPPER()]], [[LOWER()]], [[UPPER()]]
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==Products==
 
==Products==
Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer
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Recital, Recital Server
 
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Latest revision as of 14:53, 22 July 2010

Purpose

Function to test for an alphabetic character


Syntax

ISALPHA(<expC>)


See Also

ISDIGIT(), ISLOWER(), ISUPPER(), LOWER(), UPPER()


Description

The ISALPHA() function returns .T. if the first character of the character expression <expC> is alphabetic (i.e. lies within A-Z or a-z).


Example

store "965.23" to value
// If alpha assign 0
if isalpha(m->value)
    value = 0
else
    // convert to numeric
    value = val(m->value)
endif


Products

Recital, Recital Server