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- The following function
and CALL routine are experimental in Release 8.2:
- The RXPATTERN function parses a pattern and returns a value.
- The CALL RXSTYLE routine specifies
using the registry key for
pattern matching.
- The EUROCURR function converts one
European currency to another and returns a value.
- The PATHNAME function now has an optional argument called search-ref. If the name of a fileref
is identical to the name
of a libref, you can use the search-ref argument
to specify whether you want to search for a fileref or for a libref. If you
specify a value of F, SAS searches for a fileref. If you specify a value of
L, SAS searches for a libref.
- Six new functions are available to use with the ARM wrapper macros.
Invoking the SAS interface to ARM through macros is preferable to using the
ARM functions, because the ARM macros are easier to use and have additional
capabilities. See ARM Macros.
- The new CALL SYMDEL routine deletes the specified variable from
the macro global symbol table.
- SAS now supports processing on 64-bit
platforms as well as on 32-bit platforms. This functionality provides a new
set of functions and a CALL routine that enable you to perform pointer arithmetic
on character values. The following new functions and CALL routine can be used
on both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms:
- The ADDRLONG function returns the memory address of a variable.
- The PEEKLONG function stores the contents of
a memory address
in a numeric variable.
- The PEEKCLONG function stores the contents of a memory address
in a character variable.
- The POKELONG function writes a value directly into memory.
- The CALL POKELONG routine writes a value directly into
memory.
- The PTRLONGADD function returns the pointer address as a character
variable.
- Because SAS now supports processing on 64-bit platforms as well
as on 32-bit platforms, the following functions and CALL routine are now restricted
to use on 32-bit platforms only:
| ADDR |
| PEEK |
| PEEKC |
| POKE |
| CALL
POKE |
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