CLASS NAME CONDITION

The class condition determines whether or not the value of an operand is numeric or alphabetic.

An operand is numeric if it contains only the digits 0 to 9 with or without an operational sign.

An operand is alphabetic if it contains only the letters A to Z and space.

General form:

Example program:

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.

PROGRAM-ID. CLASS.

ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.

DATA DIVISION.

WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.

77 A PIC X(10).

PROCEDURE DIVISION.

PARA-1.

DISPLAY “ENTER ANY VALUE”

ACCEPT A.

PARA-2.

IF A IS NUMERIC

DISPLAY “THE GIVEN VALUE IS NUMERIC”.

IF A IS NOT ALPHABETIC

DISPLAY “THE GIVEN VALUE IS NOT ALPHABETIC”.

STOP RUN.