[Info-vax] LIB$ equivalent of DCL f$type() ?

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Roger Ivie wrote:
> On 2009-12-21, DTL <didier.morandi at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I need to know within a Fortran program if a given ascii field
>> contains a number or not.

What is your interpretation of "a number" ?

Is "12345" a number ?
Is "-12345" a number ?
Is "12.345" a number ?
Is "12,345" a number ?
Is "10E+5" a number ?