KSUBSTR Function

Extracts a substring from an argument.
Category: DBCS
Tip: See SUBSTR (left of =) Function in SAS Functions and CALL Routines: Reference.
Syntax
Details
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Syntax

KSUBSTR(argument,position<,n> )

Required Arguments

argument
specifies any SAS character expression.
position
specifies a numeric expression that is the beginning character position.
n
specifies a numeric expression that is the length of the substring to extract.
Interaction:If n is larger than the length of the expression that remains in argument after position, SAS extracts the remainder of the expression.
Tip:If you omit n, SAS extracts the remainder of the expression.

Details

See Internationalization Compatibility for SAS String Functions for restrictions and more information.
The KSUBSTR function returns a portion of an expression that you specify in argument. The portion begins with the character specified by position and is the number of characters specified by n.
A variable that is created by KSUBSTR obtains its length from the length of argument.

See Also

Function:
KSUBSTRB Function
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