The sample code on the Full Code tab illustrates how to uppercase all character values in the data set.

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/*sample data set with all lowercase values*/                                                                                           
data a;                                                                                                                                 
  input x y $ z $;                                                                                                                      
  datalines;                                                                                                                            
1 a b                                                                                                                                   
2 c d                                                                                                                                   
3 e f                                                                                                                                   
;                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                        
/*PROC PRINT just to show the values are all lowercase*/                                                                                
proc print;run;                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                        
data b;                                                                                                                                 
  set a;                                                                                                                                
/* this array groups all the character variables together into one array*/                                                              
  array vars(*) _character_;                                                                                                            
  do i=1 to dim(vars);                                                                                                                  
/*use the UPCASE function to uppercase each value*/                                                                                     
    vars(i)=upcase(vars(i));                                                                                                            
  end;                                                                                                                                  
  drop i;                                                                                                                               
run;                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                        
/*PROC PRINT just to show the values are all uppercase*/                                                                                
proc print;run;

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