SPUG: Odd characters in string

[Eric.D.Peterson at alltel.com]

How can I count the number of odd (non-alphanumeric, on control)
characters in a string?   

For example:  a string "aAA$%\/1
50" has  3 numeric, 3 alphabetic, 1 (or 2) control/whitespace (\n or two
\r\n) and 4 odd characters. I thought maybe a RegEx but I keep getting
lost with the character escaping.

Eric




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