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&NUMERIC

Determines whether a variable is represented internally in numeric form and returns 1 if numeric or 0 if non-numeric.

Restriction: This topic applies only when the AppMaster Builder AddPack has been installed, and applies only to Windows platforms.

Syntax:

&NUMERIC( &variablename)

Aliases:

&numeric( &variablename)     &Numeric( &variablename)

Comments:

Note that &NUMERIC ("123") returns 0 (false), because the argument is a string. To test whether a string contains a numerics, use &IS-NUMERIC or &IS-DIGITS.

Example:

Set &II to true and test for its numeric value.

% &II = 1
% IF &NUMERIC( &II)
    /* YOU WILL GET THIS TEXT
    .
    .
    .
% END