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SAS Function

Spectrum Writer Function

Description

COMPBL #COMPRESS compress blanks out of a string
INPUT #MAKENUM, #MAKEDATE, #MAKETIME convert character string to numeric, date or time value
LOWERCASE #LCASE make characters all lower case
PUT #FORMAT convert numeric value to character string
SUBSTR #SUBSTR extract a substring from a string
TRANSLATE #TRANSLATE translate all occurences of one character to another character within a string
UPCASE #UCASE make characters all upper case
FLOOR #INT return integer portion of a numeric value
MIN #MIN return lower of two or more values
MAX #MAX return higher of two or more values
MOD #MOD returns the integer remainder after a division of two numbers
ROUND #ROUND change the decimal precision of a numeric value
DATE #TODAY returns the system date
DAY #DAYNUM returns the day part of a date
MONTH #MONTHNUM returns the month part of a date
TODAY #TODAY returns the system date
YEAR #YEARNUM returns the year part of a date
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