Note: All text operators are case
sensitive.
Note: Text operators are not supported
for aggregated items.
Concatenate
For example, Concatenate('A', 'B')
returns AB
.
Contains
specifies that a matching value must contain the specified string.
For example, 'Catcher'
Contains 'Cat'
returns true.
EndsWith
specifies that a matching value must contain the specified string at the end of the
value.
For example, 'Catcher'
EndsWith 'her'
returns true.
Format
Note: Standard date formats in
SAS Visual Analytics display date and datetime values in the locale
of your browser. You can display date and datetime values in the locale
of the data source by using national language formats. The names of
national language formats begin with “NL.” For example,
the NLDATE format displays date values by using the locale of the
data source.
LowerCase
changes all of the characters in a
text string to lowercase.
For example, LowerCase('SAS
INSTITUTE’)
returns sas institute
.
NotContains
specifies that a matching value must not contain the specified string.
For example, 'Catcher'
NotContains 'Dog'
returns true.
Parse
interprets a numeric or
datetime value from the input string. Click the format field to select the format that is used to
interpret the string. The output from the Parse operator is either a number or a datetime
value, depending on the format that you select.
For example, Parse('15JAN2013', 'DATE9.')
returns
15JAN2013 as a date value.
StartsWith
specifies that a matching value must contain the specified string at the start of
the value.
For example, 'Catcher'
StartsWith 'Cat'
returns true.
UpCase
changes all of the characters in the text string to uppercase.
For example, UpCase('sas
institute')
returns SAS INSTITUTE
.