Macro Functions Listed by Category
DBCS
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Name
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Syntax and Description
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%KINDEX (source, string)
Returns the position of the first character of a
string.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS) Reference for SAS Viya Workbench
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%KLEFT (text | text
expression)
Left-aligns an argument by removing leading blanks.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS) Reference for SAS Viya Workbench
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%KLENGTH (character
string | text expression)
Returns the length of a string.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS) Reference for SAS Viya Workbench
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%KSCAN (argument, n<,delimiters > )
Search for a word that is specified by its position
in a string.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS) Reference for SAS Viya Workbench
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%KSUBSTR (argument, position<, length> )
Produce a substring of a character string.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS) Reference for SAS Viya Workbench
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%KUPCASE (character
string | text expression)
Convert values to uppercase.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS) Reference for SAS Viya Workbench
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%QKLEFT (text | text
expression)
Left-aligns an argument by removing leading blanks.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS) Reference for SAS Viya Workbench
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%QKSCAN (argument, n<,delimiters > )
Search for a word that is specified by its position
in a string.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS) Reference for SAS Viya Workbench
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%QKSUBSTR (argument, position<, length> )
Produce a substring of a character string.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS) Reference for SAS Viya Workbench
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%QKUPCASE (character
string | text expression)
Convert values to uppercase.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS) Reference for SAS Viya Workbench
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Last updated: September 24, 2026