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I am trying to pull the ISBN out of the UPC on the back of the book! So I will need to also drop the first 3 chars also. <BR>
Ed!<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">The last digit of an isbn is a check digit.<BR>
Your barcode reader is probably programmed to drop it before <BR>
transmission to computer.<BR>
Most readers can be parametered to send or drop check-digits.<BR>
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