KUPDATE

KUPDATE

Inserts, deletes, and replaces character value contents

Category: DBCS

Syntax
Arguments
Details
See Also

Syntax

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

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

Arguments

argument

specifies a character variable.

position

specifies a numeric expression that is the beginning character position.

n

specifies a numeric expression that is the length of the substring to be replaced.

Restriction:	n can not be larger than the length 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 that will 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 KUPDATE function replaces the value of argument with the expression in characters-to-replace. KUPDATE replaces n characters starting at the character you specify in position.

See Also

Function:

KUPDATEB

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