i have taken alot of what apeared to be resistors out of things. then somwhere i figured out some inductors look like resistors too. is there any way to tell other than by using an ohm meter wether it's an inductor or resistor. if under a few ohm then it's probly an inductor? most things i beleve to be inductors are gree with coding stripes like resistors however have seen green used on resistors also. if i run across somthing an a PCB that has something other than R by it should i asume it's an inductor?