KCOMPARE Function
Returns the result of a comparison of character
expressions.
| Category: |
DBCS |
| Tip: |
Non-DBCS equivalent function is the COMPARE Function in SAS Functions and CALL Routines: Reference.
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Syntax
KCOMPARE(source,<pos, <count,>> findstr)
Required Arguments
- source
-
specifies the character
expression to be compared.
- pos
-
specifies the starting
position in source to begin
the comparison. If pos is omitted,
the entire source is compared.
If pos is less than 0, source is assumed as extended DBCS data that
does not contain any SO/SI characters.
- count
-
specifies the number
of bytes to compare. If count is omitted, all of source that follows pos is compared,
except for any trailing blanks.
- findstr
-
specifies the character
expression to compare to source.
Details
KCOMPARE returns values
as follows:
-
a negative value if
source is less than
findstr
-
0 if
source is equal to
findstr
-
a positive value if
source is greater than
findstr