| Functions and CALL Routines |
Returns the position of the first character in a string that is
not in any of several other strings.
| Category: |
Character
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| Restriction: |
I18N Level 0
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| Tip: |
DBCS equivalent function is KVERIFY in
SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide.
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VERIFY(source,excerpt-1<, ...,
excerpt-n>)
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source
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specifies a character constant, variable,
or expression.
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excerpt
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specifies a character constant, variable,
or expression. If you specify more than one excerpt, separate them with a
comma.
The VERIFY function returns the position
of the first character in source that is not
present in any excerpt. If VERIFY finds every
character in source in at least one excerpt, it returns a 0.
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SAS Statements |
Results |
data scores;
input Grade : $1. @@;
check='abcdf';
if verify(grade,check)>0 then
put @1 'INVALID ' grade=;
datalines;
a b c b c d f a a q a b d d b
;
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INVALID Grade=q
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