>Hello:
>
>I'm debugging some code that won't pick up codes that have
>non-numeric characters in them. The code uses the val() function
>which returns numeric values from a character expression composed of numbers. Is there an alternative function that I'm missing that will
>pick up both numeric and non-numeric codes?. My code is as follows:
>
>With thisform.list1
>.boundcolumn = 2
>.columncount = 2
>.columnwidths = "570,0"
>.controlsource = "new_course"
>.rowsourcetype = 3
>
>Do case
>Case val(right(new_course,4) = 0
>.rowsource = "select desc_e, code from studies;
>where right(code,5) = '0';
>and left(new_course,2) = left(code,2) into cursor course3;
>select course3
>
>This works fine but is there is a code with a letter included it will
>list in my listbox but won't select.
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>Thank oyu.

Hello Sheena,

Try to use the STR_keep() function of FOCUS.FLL (don't forget to download the documentation also, and the KERNEL.DLL (it's needed by FOCUS.FLL)).

The STR_keep() function processes a string and keeps only the wanted characters : STR_keep( AnyString,"0123456789." ) will only retain the digits and the decimal separator.

You can also use the STR_dionly() (which stands for Digits Only) of FOCUS.FLL : it has the same effect as STR_keep() although the decimal separator is not treated then.

You can download FOCUS.FLL from the Files section.

Pat