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DATA step
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Base SAS
Perl Regular Expressions
The following are supported in SAS®9.
- Artistic License
- A brief statement on how SAS complies with the Perl Artistic License
and a ZIP file containing all modifications to Perl 5.6.1 source code when
integrating Perl regexp into the SAS PRX functions.
The ZIP file is provided to comply with the Perl Artistic License and
is not required in order to use Perl Regular Expressions within SAS.
The necessary images are shipped with SAS 9.
- SAS 9.3 documentation:
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- For an overview and examples, see Pattern Matching Using Perl Regular Expressions (PRX).
- For a list of supported functions, see the "Character String Matching" group in Functions and CALL Routines by Category.
- Debugging Output
- A description of PRX function debug output. This pages assumes familiarity with
the PRX functions.
- Advanced Examples
- These examples show how to manipulate strings that used to be painful to code in the DATA step.
