Returns the position of a character in the ASCII collating sequence.
| Category: | Character |
| Windows specifics: | Uses the ASCII sequence |
| See: | RANK Function in SAS Functions and CALL Routines: Reference |
is a character expression that contains a character in the ASCII collating sequence. If the length of x is greater than 1, you receive the rank of the first character in the expression.
'7F'x) is not portable because
these characters are national characters and they vary from country
to country.