Hope below helps 🙂
*If delimted by | ;
data _null_;
a = 'a|b|c|';
b = count(a,"|");
put a= b=;
run;
/* LOG - a=a|b|c| b=3 */
*If delimited by (|) ;
data _null_;
a = 'a(|)b(|)c(|)';
b = count(a,"(|)");
put a= b=;
run;
/* LOG - a=a(|)b(|)c(|) b=3 */
Do you need to count the occurences of "(|)" or "|"?
Hope below helps 🙂
*If delimted by | ;
data _null_;
a = 'a|b|c|';
b = count(a,"|");
put a= b=;
run;
/* LOG - a=a|b|c| b=3 */
*If delimited by (|) ;
data _null_;
a = 'a(|)b(|)c(|)';
b = count(a,"(|)");
put a= b=;
run;
/* LOG - a=a(|)b(|)c(|) b=3 */
SAS functions are documented at https://documentation.sas.com/?cdcId=pgmsascdc&cdcVersion=9.4_3.5&docsetId=lefunctionsref&docsetTarg...
If you want to count a single char, countc should be your first-choice.
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