Macro Functions Syntax Listed by Category

DBCS

Name	Syntax and Description
%KCMPRES Macro Function	%KCMPRES (text \| text expression) Compresses multiple blanks and removes leading and trailing blanks. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
%KINDEX Macro Function	%KINDEX (source, string) Returns the position of the first character of a string. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
%KLEFT and %QKLEFT Macro Functions	%KLEFT (text \| text expression) %QKLEFT (text \| text expression) Left-aligns an argument by removing leading blanks. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
%KLENGTH Macro Function	%KLENGTH (character string \| text expression) Returns the length of a string. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
%KSCAN and %QKSCAN Functions	%KSCAN (argument, n <,charlist <,modifiers > > ) %QKSCAN (argument, n <,charlist <,modifiers > > ) Search for a word that is specified by its position in a string. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
%KSUBSTR and %QKSUBSTR Macro Functions	%KSUBSTR (argument, position <, length > ) %QKSUBSTR (argument, position <, length > ) Produce a substring of a character string. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
%KUPCASE and %QKUPCASE Macro Functions	%KUPCASE (character string \| text expression) %QKUPCASE (character string \| text expression) Convert values to uppercase. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide