Functions and CALL Routines

Functions and CALL Routines Documented in Other SAS Publications

In addition to functions and CALL routines documented in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary, functions and CALL routines are also documented in the following publications:

	SAS Companion for Windows
	SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity SErvers
	SAS Companion for z/OS
	SAS Data Quality Server: Reference
	SAS Logging Facility: Configuration and Programming Reference
	SAS Macro Language: Reference
	SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide

SAS Companion for Windows

The functions and CALL routines listed here are documented only in SAS Companion for Windows. Other functions and CALL routines in SAS Companion for Windows contain information specific to the Windows operating environment, where the main documentation is in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary. These latter functions and CALL routines are not listed here.

Function or CALL routine	Description
CALL SOUND	Generates a sound with a specific frequency and duration.
MCIPISLP	Causes SAS to wait for a piece of multimedia equipment to become active.
MCIPISTR	Submits an MCI string command to a piece of multimedia equipment.
MODULE	Calls a specific routine or module that resides in an external dynamic link library (DLL).
WAKEUP	Specifies the time a SAS DATA step begins execution.

SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity SErvers

The functions and CALL routines listed here are documented only in SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers. Other functions and CALL routines in SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers contain information specific to the OpenVMS operating environment, where the main documentation is in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary. These latter functions and CALL routines are not listed here.

Function or CALL Routine	Description
ASCEBC	Converts an input character string from ASCII to EBCDIC.
CALL FINDEND	Releases resources that are associated with a directory search.
DELETE	Deletes a file.
EBCASC	Converts an input character string from EBCDIC to ASCII.
FILEATTR	Returns the attribute information for a specified file.
FINDFILE	Searches a directory for a file.
GETDVI	Returns a specified item of information from a device.
GETJPI	Retrieves job-process information.
GETLOG	Returns information about a DCL logical name.
GETMSG	Translates an OpenVMS error code into text.
GETQUOTA	Retrieves disk quota information.
GETSYM	Returns the value of a DCL symbol.
GETTERM	Returns the characteristics of your terminal device.
MODULE	Calls a specific routine or module that resides in a shareable image.
NODENAME	Returns the name of the current node.
PUTLOG	Creates an OpenVMS logical-name in your process-level logical name table.
PUTSYM	Creates a DCL symbol in the parent SAS process.
SETTERM	Modifies a characteristic of your terminal device.
TERMIN	Allows simple input from SYS$INPUT.
TERMOUT	Allows simple output to SYS$OUTPUT.
TTCLOSE	Closes a channel that was previously assigned by TTOPEN.
TTCONTRL	Modifies the characteristics of a channel that was previously assigned by TTOPEN.
TTOPEN	Assigns an I/O channel to a terminal.
TTREAD	Reads characters from the channel assigned by TTOPEN.
TTWRITE	Writes characters to the channel assigned by TTOPEN.
VMS	Spawns a subprocess and executes a DCL command.

SAS Companion for z/OS

The functions and CALL routines listed here are documented only in SAS Companion for z/OS. Other functions and CALL routines in SAS Companion for z/OS contain information specific to the z/OS operating environment, where the main documentation is in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary . These latter functions and CALL routines are not listed here.

Function or CALL routine	Description
CALL TSO	Issues a TSO command or invokes a CLIST or a REXX exec during a SAS session.
CALL WTO	Sends a message to the system console.
TSO	Issues a TSO command or invokes a CLIST or a REXX exec during a SAS session.
WTO	Sends a message to the system console.

SAS Data Quality Server: Reference

Function	Description
DQCASE	Returns a character value with standardized capitalization.
DQGENDER	Returns a gender determination from the name of an individual.
DQGENDERINFOGET	Returns the name of the parse definition that is associated with the specified gender definition.
DQGENDERPARSED	Returns a gender determination from the parsed name of an individual.
DQIDENTIFY	Returns a category name from a character value.
DQLOCALEGUESS	Returns the name of the locale that is most likely represented by a character value.
DQLOCALEINFOGET	Returns information about locales.
DQLOCALEINFOLIST	Displays the names of the definitions in a locale and returns a count of those definitions.
DQMATCH	Returns a match code from a character value.
DQMATCHINFOGET	Returns the name of the parse definition that is associated with a match definition.
DQMATCHPARSED	Returns a match code from a parsed character value.
DQPARSE	Returns a parsed character value.
DQPARSEINFOGET	Returns the token names in a parse definition.
DQPARSETOKENGET	Returns a token from a parsed character value.
DQPARSETOKENPUT	Inserts a token into a parsed character value and returns the updated parsed character value.
DQPATTERN	Returns a pattern analysis from an input character value.
DQSCHEMEAPPLY CALL ROUTINE	Applies a scheme and returns a transformed value and a transformation flag.
DQSCHEMEAPPLY	Applies a scheme and returns a transformed value.
DQSRVARCHJOB	Runs an dfPower Architect job on a DataFlux Integration Server and returns a job identifier.
DQSRVCOPYLOG	Copies a job's log from a DataFlux Integration Server.
DQSRVDELETELOG	Deletes a job's log file from a DataFlux Integration Server.
DQSRVJOBSTATUS	Returns the status of a job that was submitted to a DataFlux Integration Server.
DQSRVKILLJOB	Terminates a job that is running on a DataFlux Integration Server.
DQSRVPROFJOBFILE	Runs a file-type Profile job on a DataFlux Integration Server and returns a job identifier.
DQSRVPROFJOBREP	Runs a repository-type Profile job on a DataFlux Integration Server and returns a job identifier.
DQSRVUSER	Authenticates a user on a DataFlux Integration Server.
DQSTANDARDIZE	Returns a character value after standardizing casing, spacing, and format, and applies a common representation to certain words and abbreviations.
DQTOKEN	Returns a token from a character table.

SAS Logging Facility: Configuration and Programming Reference

Function or CALL Routine	Description
LOG4SAS_APPENDER	Creates a fileref appender that can be referenced by a logger.
LOG4SAS_LOGEVENT	Logs a message using a specific logger.
LOG4SAS_LOGGER	Creates a logger.

SAS Macro Language: Reference

SAS Macro	Description
%BQUOTE, %NRBQUOTE	Masks special characters and mnemonic operators in a resolved value at macro execution.
%EVAL	Evaluates arithmetic and logical expressions using integer arithmetic.
%INDEX	Returns the position of the first character of a string.
%LENGTH	Returns the length of a string.
%QUOTE, %NRQUOTE	Masks special characters and mnemonic operators in a resolved value at macro execution.
%SCAN, %QSCAN	Searches for a word that is specified by its position in a string.
%STR, %NRSTR	Masks special characters and mnemonic operators in constant text at macro compilation.
%SUBSTR, %QSUBSTR	Produces a substring of a character string.
%SUPERQ	Masks all special characters and mnemonic operators at macro execution but prevents further resolution of the value.
%SYMEXIST	Returns an indication of the existence of a macro variable.
%SYMGLOBL	Returns an indication as to whether a macro variable is global in scope.
%SYMLOCAL	Returns an indication as to whether a macro variable is local in scope,
%SYSEVALF	Evaluates arithmetic and logical expressions using floating-point arithmetic.
%SYSFUNC, %QSYSFUNC	Executes SAS functions or user-written functions.
%SYSGET	Returns the value of the specified operating environment variable.
%SYSPROD	Reports whether a SAS software product is licenses at the site.
%UNQUOTE	During macro execution, unmasks all special characters and mnemonic operators for a value.
%UPCASE, %QUPCASE	Converts values to uppercase.

SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide

Function or CALL Routine	Description
EUROCURR	Converts one European currency to another.
GETPXLANGUAGE	Returns the current two letter language code.
GETPXLOCALE	Returns the POSIX locale value for a SAS locale.
GETPXREGION	Returns the current two letter region code.
KCOMPARE	Returns the result of a comparison of character expressions.
KCOMPRESS	Removes specified characters from a character expression.
KCOUNT	Returns the number of double-byte characters in an expression.
KCVT	Converts data from one type of encoding data to another encoding data.
KINDEX	Searches a character expression for a string of characters.
KINDEXC	Searches a character expression for specified characters.
KLEFT	Left-aligns a character expression by removing unnecessary leading DBCS blanks and SO/SI.
KLENGTH	Returns the length of an argument.
KLOWCASE	Converts all letters in an argument to lowercase.
KREVERSE	Reverses a character expression.
KRIGHT	Right-aligns a character expression by trimming trailing DBCS blanks and SO/SI.
KSCAN	Selects a specified word from a character expression.
KSTRCAT	Concatenates two or more character expressions.
KSUBSTR	Extracts a substring from an argument.
KSUBSTRB	Extracts a substring from an argument according to the byte position of the substring in the argument.
KTRANSLATE	Replaces specific characters in a character expression.
KTRIM	Removes trailing DBCS blanks and SO/SI from character expressions.
KTRUNCATE	Truncates a numeric value to a specified length.
KUPCASE	Converts all single-byte letters in an argument to uppercase.
KUPDATE	Inserts, deletes, and replaces character value contents.
KUPDATEB	Inserts, deletes, and replaces the contents of the character value according to the byte position of the character value in the argument.
KVERIFY	Returns the position of the first character that is unique to an expression.
NLDATE	Converts the SAS date value to the date value of the specified locale by using the date format descriptors.
NLDATM	Converts the SAS datetime value to the time value of the specified locale by using the datetime- format descriptors.
NLTIME	Converts the SAS time or the datetime value to the time value of the specified locale by using the NLTIME descriptors.
SORTKEY	Creates a linguistic sort key.
TRANTAB	Transcodes data by using the specified translation table.
VARTRANSCODE	Returns the transcode attribute of a SAS data set variable.
VTRANSCODE	Returns a value that indicates whether transcoding is enabled for the specified character variable.
VTRANSCODEX	Returns a value that indicates whether transcoding is enabled for the specified argument.
UNICODELEN	Specifies the length of the character unit for the Unicode data.
UNICODEWIDTH	Specifies the length of a display unit for the Unicode data.

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