topic Re: Character functions in SAS Programming

Character functions

mahender1 — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 13:10:06 GMT

Can anyone please explain the difference between the functions:

find, index.

findc, indexc.

indexw.

data new;
a="This is SAS Repractice";
b=find(a,'is'); ----- 3
c=index(a,'is'); ----- 3
d=findc(a,'is'); ----- 3
d=indexc(a,'is'); ----- 3
e=indexw(a,'SAS'); ----- 9
run;

Re: Character functions

PeterClemmensen — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 13:13:06 GMT

@mahender1 I encourage you to browse the Function Documentation, find the functions in question and play around with them.

If you have specific questions about the functions or something you do not understand, feel free to ask.

However, questions like "How does this function work" is best answered with the Documentation 🙂

Re: Character functions

Ksharp — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 13:16:40 GMT

INDEX() is old, FIND() is new . Better use FIND() instead of INDEX() .

Re: Character functions

mahender1 — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 13:26:12 GMT

Okay Thank you 🙂

Re: Character functions

mahender1 — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 13:27:00 GMT

thank you 🙂