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KUPDATEB

KUPDATEB


Inserts, deletes, and replaces character value contents based on byte unit

Category: DBCS

Syntax
Arguments
Details
See Also

Syntax

KUPDATEB(argument,position,n<,characters-to-replace>)
KUPDATEB(argument,position <, n>, characters-to-replace)

Arguments

argument
specifies a character variable.

position
specifies the beginning character position in byte units.

n
specifies the length of the substring to be replaced in byte units.
Restriction: n can not be larger than the length (in bytes) of the expression that remains in argument after position.
Restriction: n is optional, but you cannot omit both n and characters-to-replace from the function.
Tip: If you omit n, SAS uses all of the characters in characters-to-replace to replace the values of argument.

characters-to-replace
specifies a character expression to replace the contents of argument.
Restriction: characters-to-replace is optional, but you cannot omit both characters-to-replace and n from the function.
Tip: Enclose a literal string of characters in quotation marks.

Details

The KUPDATEB function replaces the value of argument with the expression in characters-to-replace. KUPDATEB replaces n byte units starting at the byte unit that you specify in position.
See Also

Function:

KUPDATE


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