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Note:

ANYALPHA - searches a character string for an alphabetic character
ANYDIGIT - searches a character string for a digit
ANYPUNCT - searches a character string for any punctuation
ANYSPACE - searches a character string for any white space

For a complete list of these functions, please see SAS Note 35758 which contains a link to the SAS Online Documentations section Functions by Category. That same note also contains a link to SAS Note 15435 which has sample code to see what characters would be found by some of the new functions.

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These sample files and code examples are provided by SAS Institute Inc. "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Recipients acknowledge and agree that SAS Institute shall not be liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of their use of this material. In addition, SAS Institute will provide no support for the materials contained herein.

/* Note the last byte in 'HELL0' is a zero */

data test;
  input test $5.;
  Alphas='N';
  Digits='N';
  Punctuation='N';
  Space='N';
  if anyalpha(test) >0 then Alphas='Y';
  if anydigit(test) >0 then Digits='Y';
  if anypunct(test) >0 then Punctuation='Y';
  if trim(anyspace(test)) >0 then Space='Y';
datalines;
12.34
abcd
HELL0
4,231
;
  
proc print; 
run;

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These sample files and code examples are provided by SAS Institute Inc. "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Recipients acknowledge and agree that SAS Institute shall not be liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of their use of this material. In addition, SAS Institute will provide no support for the materials contained herein.

Obs    test     Alphas    Digits    Punctuation    Space

 1     12.34      N         Y            Y           N
 2     abcd       Y         N            N           Y
 3     HELL0      Y         Y            N           N
 4     4,231      N         Y            Y           N

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