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HP DeskManager Customization

<NUMERIC> 

Syntax 

<NUMERIC [string] >

where:

string                unquoted string

Description 

<NUMERIC> returns 1 (TRUE) if string contains only digits otherwise 0
(FALSE). If string has a value outside the range -32768 and 32767, then a
0 will be returned.  This command can be used to check that someone has
replied to a prompt with a number.  Numbers enclosed in quotes are not
considered to be numeric.

See also:  <ADD>, <MULTIPLY>, <SUBTRACT>, <ALLDIGITS>.

Example 

     &FORWARD newtray <NUMERIC <VAR ip>>

This moves forward to the label newtray if the contents of the variable
ip are numeric.

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