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RANK


Returns the position of a character in the ASCII or EBCDIC collating sequence

Category: Character

Syntax
Arguments
Details
Examples
See Also

Syntax

RANK(x)

Arguments

x
specifies a character expression.

Details

The RANK function returns an integer that represents the position of the first character in the character expression. The result depends on your operating environment.

Examples

SAS Statements Results

ASCII EBCDIC 
n=rank('A');
put n;
 
 
65
 
 
193

See Also

Functions:

BYTE
COLLATE


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