Well, if you do not know, wether all letters capitalized, this
modification may workout for you, it is basically adding the upper()
function:
replace postcode
= substr(postcode,1,length(postcode)-1)
if inrange(upper(substr(postcode,-1,1)), "A","Z")
The upper() function will not work for letters like "�" or "�" with a
ASCII code > 122.
seb f buechte
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:50:33 -0000, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> replace postcode
> = substr(postcode,1,length(postcode)-1)
> if inrange(substr(postcode,-1,1), "A","Z")
>
> This assumes no rogue "a" through "z" in
> last position. Check for that
>
> . assert !inrange(substr(postcode,-1,1), "a","z")
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
> Paul O'Brien (modulo non-ASCII mailjunk)
>
> How do I remove the last letter from a string which ends with a letter but does nothing if the string ends in a digit? The string is either 3 or 4 characters long:
>
> EC4A
> EC4P
> EC4Y
> DA15
> SE10
> SE2
> SE3
> W1A
>
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>
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