topic Re: KCOMPARE function: using modifiers causes an error in SAS Programming

KCOMPARE function: using modifiers causes an error

pavelr — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 12:09:33 GMT

Hello!

KCOMPARE function syntax from SAS documentation:

KCOMPARE(source,<pos, count, > findstr,<modifiers>)

Why this code:

data test;
b=kcompare("qwerty",1,6,"QWERTY","i");
run;

causes this error: ERROR 72-185: The KCOMPARE function call has too many arguments?

Re: KCOMPARE function: using modifiers causes an error

Ksharp — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 12:47:18 GMT

It is just like COMPARE() I guess.

data test;
b=kcompare("qwerty","QWERTY","i");
run;

Re: KCOMPARE function: using modifiers causes an error

AMSAS — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 13:21:57 GMT

I recommend you open a TS track for this question.

Please include the following:

- Title "KCOMPARE returns error "The KCOMPARE function call has too many arguments" when 5 arguments are supplied
- SAS Version you are running (the following code will report SAS version information)
%put &sysvlong ;
%put &sysscpl ;
%put &syssite ;
- Registry Report (*.txt files) for each server, please clearly name the report files to reflect the server it was executed on.

- The code (as you have it here)

- The SAS Log

Re: KCOMPARE function: using modifiers causes an error

Tom — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 17:35:49 GMT

Are you running regular SAS code? Or are you using CAS/Viya?

Are you using DBCS?

Also this page seems to indicate the MODIFIER optional argument is not supported.

DBCS Compatibility

The DBCS equivalent function is KCOMPARE Function in SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide. There are minor differences between the COMPARE and KCOMPARE functions. Both functions accept varying numbers of arguments. Usage of the third argument is not compatible. This example shows the differences in the syntax.

COMPARE(string-1, string-2 <, modifier(s)>)

KCOMPARE(string-1 <, position <, count> >, string-2)

Re: KCOMPARE function: using modifiers causes an error

ChrisNZ — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 04:26:49 GMT

It looks like the documentation is inconsistent.

Click on the feedback button on the documentation page, the team are really good at replying.

Re: KCOMPARE function: using modifiers causes an error

pavelr — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 12:16:32 GMT

Update:

it looks like it was fixed in later release of M6 (while I was running in earlier release). And it is fixed in 9.4 M7.