| SAS Functions and CALL Routines under Windows |
Returns one character in the ASCII collating sequence.
| Category: |
Character
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| Windows specifics: |
Uses the ASCII code sequence
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| See: |
BYTE Function in
SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
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n
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specifies an integer that represents a specific
ASCII character. The value of n can range from
0 to 255.
If the BYTE function returns a value to
a variable that has not yet been assigned a length, by default the variable
is assigned a length of 1.
Because Windows is an ASCII system, the BYTE function
returns the nth character in the ASCII collating
sequence. The value of n can range from 0 to
255.
Any programs using the BYTE function with characters
above ASCII 127 (the hexadecimal notation is '7F'x
) can return a different value
when used on a PC from another country as characters above ASCII 127 are national
characters and they vary from country to country.
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