RANK

RANK

Returns the position of a character in the EBCDIC collating sequence

CMS specifics: EBCDIC collating sequence

Syntax
Details
Example
See Also

Syntax

RANK (n)

n: is a character in the EBCDIC collating sequence represented by a specific integer.

Details

Under CMS, the RANK function returns an integer that represents the position of a character in the EBCDIC collating sequence. Some operating environments return the ASCII equivalent.

Example

The following example returns a value of 193 and assigns it to the variable n:

n = rank('A');

See Also

SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

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