ISALPHA()

Purpose

Function to test for an alphabetic character

Syntax

ISALPHA(<expC>)

See Also

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 Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer