Re: is there any function in SAS 8.2,

Heres a one-liner that emulates the V9 countc function.

%macro countC(string, char) ;
length(&string) -(length(compress(x,&char)!!'#')-1)
%mend countC ;

data _null_ ;
input x $ && ;
y=%countC(x,'a') ;
put x= y= ;
cards ;
a a aa a
this has
run ;


2009/6/24 Shaik Hymad <hymadsk@gmail.com>:
> Hi all,
>
> is there any function in SAS 8.2, which counts number of words or
> specified charecters in a string..
>
> bye
> hymad
>