Macro Functions Listed by Category

DBCS

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Name	Syntax and Description
%KINDEX Macro Function	%KINDEX (source, string) Returns the position of the first character of a string. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
%KLEFT Macro Function	%KLEFT (text | text expression) Left-aligns an argument by removing leading blanks. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
%KLENGTH Macro Function	%KLENGTH (character string | text expression) Returns the length of a string. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
%KSCAN Macro Function	%KSCAN (argument, n<,delimiters > ) Search for a word that is specified by its position in a string. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
%KSUBSTR Macro Function	%KSUBSTR (argument, position<, length> ) Produce a substring of a character string. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
%KUPCASE Macro Function	%KUPCASE (character string | text expression) Convert values to uppercase. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
%QKLEFT Macro Function	%QKLEFT (text | text expression) Left-aligns an argument by removing leading blanks. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
%QKSCAN Macro Function	%QKSCAN (argument, n<,delimiters > ) Search for a word that is specified by its position in a string. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
%QKSUBSTR Macro Function	%QKSUBSTR (argument, position<, length> ) Produce a substring of a character string. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
%QKUPCASE Macro Function	%QKUPCASE (character string | text expression) Convert values to uppercase. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide

Encoding

Name	Syntax and Description
%COPY_TO_NEW_ENCODING Macro Function	%COPY_TO_NEW_ENCODING(from_dsname, to_dsname, new_encoding) Creates a new version of a data set with a specified encoding. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
%COPY_TO_UTF8 Macro Function	%COPY_TO_UTF8(from_dsname, to_dsname); Creates a new version of a data set in UTF-8 encoding. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide