The TEST-NUMVAL Function
The TEST-NUMVAL function verifies that
argument-1 adheres to the specification for the NUMVAL function.
The type of the function is integer.
General Format
Arguments
- argument-1 must be an alphanumeric or national literal, or a data item of class type alphanumeric or national.
Returned Values
- If the value of argument-1 adheres to the rules specified by the NUMVAL function, the value 0 is returned.
- If one or more characters in
argument-1 do not adhere to the specification, the value of the first character in error is returned.
Note: If a string of numeric characters contains one or more spaces, the returned value is the position of the first non-space character following the spaces, because one or more spaces following one or more digits is valid. For example, if argument-1 is '0 1', the returned value will be 3.
- If neither of these states are true, the returned value is (FUNCTION LENGTH (argument-1) +1). Such circumstances that could cause this value are:
- argument-1 is zero-length.
- argument-1 contains only spaces.
- argument-1 contains valid characters but is incomplete.