On 12/8/06 5:12 PM, Norman Palardy at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

> very true
> 
> and doing something like
> 
> trim(line) = format(val(line), "-#")
> 
> involves two conversions AND assumes an integer
> 
> What if you try
> 
> isNumeric(trim(line))

I think that misses the mark only because there is nothing wrong with
IsNumeric( line ). The original poster was suggesting a way to make it
faster, but his suggestion was not the equivalent.

Adding trim, especially since it's not necessary within the context of my
data set, would only make it slower.

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