At 8:39 PM -0500 4/1/03, you wrote:
> Some people get into using ASCII codes instead, but I think they're
masochists.

Well done, Colin.


Masochistic, and, if they're working in a language other than English,
buggy.

The lazy way is to subtract 32 from the ASCII value. E.g.:

put numtochar(chartonum("a") - 32)
"A"

Colin's method will work with any language, providing you use the
appropriate alphabet.

But a Kerry post wouldn't be complete without pointing out that ASCII is
an outdated, 7-bit standard. English Windows use ANSI, an 8-bit standard
equivalent to the ISO 8859.1 standard.

at least it's not EBCDIC



Cordially,


Kerry Thompson

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