SAS Quality Knowledge Base for Contact Information 27

Character

Pattern Analysis Definition

Character
Description

The Character pattern analysis definition determines the pattern of characters in the input string.

Output Symbols Symbol Meaning
A uppercase letter
a lowercase letter
9 numeric digit
* other (punctuation, and so on)
Examples Input Output
1 877-846-Flux 9 999*999*Aaaa
JND 5134 AAA 9999
Remarks Whitespace in the input string is represented as whitespace in the output.