KLENGTH

KLENGTH

Returns the length of an argument

Category: DBCS

Syntax
Arguments
Details

Syntax

KLENGTH(argument)

Arguments

argument: specifies any SAS expression.

Details

The KLENGTH function returns an integer that represents the position of the right-most nonblank character in the argument. If the value of the argument is missing, KLENGTH returns a value of 1. If the argument is an uninitialized numeric variable, KLENGTH returns a value of 12 and prints a note in the SAS log that the numeric values have been converted to character values.

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