1. The function lengthof is not a SAS function
2. Your parentheses are unbalanced so we can't replicate your calculation
This returns 0:
data _null_;
FIELD1='1';
FIELD2=' ';
DIS=(1-(complev(FIELD1,FIELD2)/max(length(FIELD1),length(FIELD2))))*100 ;
run;
1. The function lengthof is not a SAS function
2. Your parentheses are unbalanced so we can't replicate your calculation
This returns 0:
data _null_;
FIELD1='1';
FIELD2=' ';
DIS=(1-(complev(FIELD1,FIELD2)/max(length(FIELD1),length(FIELD2))))*100 ;
run;
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