> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Alcock > Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 4:26 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Mainframe programming vs the Web > > Ever since the Web came along I've been annoyed by those web > sites that won't accept spaces or dashes like for credit cards > and phone numbers. I know that even ancient mainframe COBOL has > support for removing them with one command. I see that it's > just pure laziness as I suspected all along: > > http://www.unixwiz.net/ndos-shame.html
An even better one might be "$ccnum=~tr/[0-9]//cd;". This simply removes all non-numeric characters from the string. But that might be "overkill" in this case. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
