How to convert a alphanumeric string into numeric decimal in COBOL

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Published on 2010-03-28T13:06:10Z Indexed on 2010/03/28 13:13 UTC
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For eg., i have alphanumeric string 'ABCDEF 0 0.450' and i need to get '0.450' as numeric decimal and do arithmetic on it. Do we have a way? Please suggest.

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