This code
ods listing;
proc iml;
names = {Jenny, Linda, Jim, Samuel};
print names;
quit;
ods listing close;
produces output with capital letters, why?
The SAS System
names
JENNY
LINDA
JIM
SAMUEL
When you specify a matrix of character values, use quotes if you want to preserve case. Otherwise the values are UPCASEed. So to preserve case, use
names = {"Jenny", "Linda", "Jim", "Samuel"};
If you read data from a data set, you'll automatically get whatever case is in the data:
use sashelp.class;
read all var {"Name"};
close sashelp.class;
print Name;
When you specify a matrix of character values, use quotes if you want to preserve case. Otherwise the values are UPCASEed. So to preserve case, use
names = {"Jenny", "Linda", "Jim", "Samuel"};
If you read data from a data set, you'll automatically get whatever case is in the data:
use sashelp.class;
read all var {"Name"};
close sashelp.class;
print Name;
Well, thanks, I doubt I would have found that in the help files.
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