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35010 - Iterating through character values in a DATA step DO loop
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Sample 35010: Iterating through character values in a DATA step DO loop
In order to instruct a DATA step DO loop to iterate from one character value to another, you can use the RANK function to return the position or decimal value of a character in the ASCII or EBCDIC collating sequence. These values would represent your start and stop values for the DO loop. To retrieve the corresponding ASCII or EBCDIC character values for use within the DO block of code, you can use the BYTE function.
Here is a link to another sample showing how to iterate through character values within a MACRO %DO loop:
Sample #25961, Using character values on a macro %DO loop
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