How to get last 3 bytes in a variable

[deleted_user]

Hi,
I need to get last 3 bytes in a variable length variable, irrespective of what ever total length that variable is.

thanks,
sasbase

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This looks promising.

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data test;
infile cards dlm=', .;';
input word :$24. @@;
length L3 $3;
L3= substrN(word,length(word)-2);
cards4;
Hi,
I need to get last 3 bytes in a variable length variable, irrespective of what ever total length that variable is.

thanks,
sasbase
;;;;
run;

proc contents;
run;
proc print;
run;
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