>>Right you are. How about this one? <g>
>>
>>
function FirstPosAlpha
>>lparameter tcString
>>RETURN at( left( alltrim( chrtran( m.tcString, [1234567890], '' ) ), 1 ), m.tcString )
>>
>>And an even shorter (not quicker) one is:
>>
>>
function FirstPosAlpha
>>lparameter tcString
>>RETURN at( left( chrtran( m.tcString, [1234567890 ], '' ) ), 1 ), m.tcString )
>>
>>But this is essentially the same algorithm that Hugo proposed here:
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1280664>>And Borislav here:
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>Right, I didn't read every message carefully first time. So, Hugo should get the solution points <g>
Actually, even Tore's solution is essentially similar but although he was earlier with his initial reply, his updated solution was probably later than the others. <g>
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1280663Sure, Hugo deserves a point also. But rather Sergey got 2 points too much. <g>
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