topic Re: Pc sas version 8 editor select text containing underscore with double-click in SAS Programming

Pc sas version 8 editor select text containing underscore with double-click

csc — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:38:51 GMT

When using the editor in PC SAS 8, double clicking a word will select the whole word unless the word has an underscore. Double clicking a word with an underscore only selects text before or after the underscore. Is there a way to select the entire word if the word contains an underscore?

Re: Pc sas version 8 editor select text containing underscore with double-click

sbb — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:08:13 GMT

I would say that behavior is working-as-designed (that would be likely "no"). SAS 9 editor has the same behavior. As an alternative, click the cursor at the end of the string, press SHIFT, and click the start character to be selected.

Scott Barry
SBBWorks, Inc.

Re: Pc sas version 8 editor select text containing underscore with double-click

statadm — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:16:15 GMT

I would check in the tools -> options to see if there is something to set it up there.

I use underscore to name most of my variables and I don't have any problems double clicking and selecting the whole name, but I am using SAS 9.1 and 9.2.