On 25 May 2010 10:08:09 -0700, jch...@ussco.com (Chase, John) wrote:
>> >INCLUDE COND=(1,9,CH,GE,C'000000000',AND,1,9,CH,LE,C'999999999')
>>
>> That would allow '00x000001'.
>
>How so? Any position in the field less than c'0' (x'F0') would cause
>the entire field to evaluate less than c'000000000', thus failing the GE
>requirement; and any position in the field greater than c'9' (x'F9')
>would cause the entire field to evaluate greater than c'999999999', thus
>failing the LE requirement.
A quick test shows that you are correct. But it doesn't makes sense
to me. The following are sorted:
000000000
0001X0000
000100000
000300000
0004X0000
000500000
000600000
000700000
If I did that check in CoBOL, it wouldn't be a valid numeric check.
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