Note: Autocall macros are included
in a library supplied by SAS. This library might not be installed
at your site or might be a site-specific version. If you cannot access
this macro or if you want to find out if it is a site-specific version,
see your on-site SAS support personnel. For more information, see
Storing and Reusing Macros.
The LEFT macro and the
QLEFT macro both left-align arguments by removing leading blanks.
If the argument might contain a special character or mnemonic operator,
listed below, use %QLEFT.
%LEFT returns an unquoted
result, even if the argument is quoted. %QLEFT produces a result with
the following special characters and mnemonic operators masked so
the macro processor interprets them as text instead of as elements
of the macro language:
& % ' " ( ) + − * / < > = ¬ ^ ~ ; , # blank
AND OR NOT EQ NE LE LT GE GT IN