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Hi all,

I have an accout number 12345ABC and the length of this account number can vary from 123ABC, 1234567ABC until 12 bytes length is the max.

I need to somehow trim the ABC part off of the account number. I was told that a decode statement might be able to do this but I am not familiar.

Any ideas how I can get rid of the alpha characters within this acct nbr.

Please remember that the lenght or position of the letters will vary and is not set to a certain position.

Thanks much
May 5 '08 #1
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debasisdas
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you need to use translate function.
May 6 '08 #2

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