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Pontch
Fluorite | Level 6

Hi guys,

I am trying to check if a specific field contains only text characters.

I am using the following code to verify if the field country does not contain any numeric char:

verify(country,"ABCDEFGHIJKLM")>0

I wonder if there are better ways to achieve that objective.

Thanks for all your help in advance!

Cheers,

Tom

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art297
Opal | Level 21

You could use the notalpha function http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a002194058.htm

If it returns a non-zero value the field contains something other than alpha characters

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art297
Opal | Level 21

You could use the notalpha function http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a002194058.htm

If it returns a non-zero value the field contains something other than alpha characters

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