Returns the position of the first character of a string.
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DBCS
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NLS macro function
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- source
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is a character string or text expression.
- string
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is a character string or text expression.
The %KINDEX function searches source
for the first occurrence of string and returns
the position of its first character. If string
is not found, the function returns 0.
The following statements
find the first character V
in a string:
%let a=a very long value;
%let b=%kindex(&a,v);
%put V appears at position &b..;
When these statements execute, the following line is written to the
SAS log:
V appears at position 3.
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