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
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
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
Add a few,
And of course compress() plus lengthn().
Regards,
Haikuo
Are you ready for the spotlight? We're accepting content ideas for SAS Innovate 2025 to be held May 6-9 in Orlando, FL. The call is open until September 25. Read more here about why you should contribute and what is in it for you!
Learn the difference between classical and Bayesian statistical approaches and see a few PROC examples to perform Bayesian analysis in this video.
Find more tutorials on the SAS Users YouTube channel.