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BrahmanandaRao
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Hi Guys;

Here I am trying to get upcase data and low case data 

data low_upper;
input name  $  city $ 15.;
cards;
ravi mumbai
SIRISHA HYDEABAD
vinay delhi
GANESH BANGALURU
;
run;

data low;
set low_upper;
if name upcase(name) then output;
run;
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Ksharp
Super User
data low_upper;
input name  $  city $ 15.;
cards;
ravi mumbai
SIRISHA HYDEABAD
vinay delhi
GANESH BANGALURU
;
run;

data low;
set low_upper;
if name = lowcase(name) then output;
run;


data upper;
set low_upper;
if name = upcase(name) then output;
run;

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Kurt_Bremser
Super User

What does this log tell you:

 83         data low;
 84         set low_upper;
 85         if name upcase(name) then output;
                    ______
                    22
 ERROR 22-322: Syntaxfehler, erwartet wird eines der folgenden: !, !!, &, (, *, **, +, -, /, ;, <, <=, <>, =, >, ><, >=, AND, EQ, 
               GE, GT, LE, LT, MAX, MIN, NE, NG, NL, OR, [, ^=, {, |, ||, ~=.  
 
 86         run;

and what would you do to fix it?

 

After ~400 posts here, this is trivial for you to fix.

BrahmanandaRao
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10
data low_upper;
input name $ city $ 15.;
cards;
ravi mumbai
SIRISHA HYDEABAD
vinay delhi
GANESH BANGALURU
;
run;

data low;
set low_upper;
if name upcase(name) then output;
run;
Ksharp
Super User
data low_upper;
input name  $  city $ 15.;
cards;
ravi mumbai
SIRISHA HYDEABAD
vinay delhi
GANESH BANGALURU
;
run;

data low ;
set low_upper;
if prxmatch('/[A-Z]/',name) then delete;
run;


data upper ;
set low_upper;
if prxmatch('/[a-z]/',name) then delete;
run;
Ksharp
Super User
data low_upper;
input name  $  city $ 15.;
cards;
ravi mumbai
SIRISHA HYDEABAD
vinay delhi
GANESH BANGALURU
;
run;

data low;
set low_upper;
if name = lowcase(name) then output;
run;


data upper;
set low_upper;
if name = upcase(name) then output;
run;

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