Date:         Wed, 12 Jul 2000 19:00:19 GMT
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From:         charles_s_patridge@MY-DEJA.COM
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Subject:      Re: Help with using the RX character string functions

Dear Laura,

I tried going through these call routines a long time ago and found them
quite difficult to master, and hence gave up as they were not easy to
implement in my Fuzzy Match/Merge routines as I do similiar tasks of
determining whether Chuck equals Charles type of matching.

I thought there was a paper done on the RX routines but I have tried
going through the SUGI 22 to 24 proceedings as well as NESUG 97 to 99
but could not find the paper.  And I do not remember who the author was
either.  Guess I am getting too old <grin>

I will try looking some more.  Do hope if you find the paper or receive
some worthwhile help, I could be copied on it as well.  I, too, like to
make my routines better, if possible.

No help here but I tried.
Charles Patridge
Email: Charles_S_Patridge@prodigy.net


In article <B1EA4573C41AD211BE4B00104BCC745B18BF04@mail.wsipp.wa.gov>,
  "Harmon, Laura" <harmonl@WSIPP.WA.GOV> wrote:
> I need some help using the RX character string functions (rxparse,
> rxmatch, and rxsubstr).  I would like to use these functions to
compare
> the contents of two variables, namea and nameb.  I have written some
> code that scores how closely names match, but my algorithm could be
> improved.  I thought I should figure out these functions and see if I
> could use them in my algorithm.  I have read the online documentation
,
> but I just don't get how to do this, can anyone help?
>
> Thanks.
>
> data test;
> input namea $1-11 nameb $13-23;
> cards;
> CHRIS       CHRISTOPHER
> GUSTAV      GUSTAUV
> HOANG       HONG
> JOHNNY      JOHN
> DAVID       DAVE
> TIM         TIMOTHY
> DEBRA       DEBRA
> ;
> RUN;
>
> Laura Harmon
> Washington State Institute for Public Policy
> harmonl@wsipp.wa.gov
>

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Charles Patridge - PDPC, Ltd.
172 Monce Road - Burlington, CT 06013 USA
Phone: 860-673-9278 or 860-675-9026
Email: Charles_S_Patridge@prodigy.net - Web: www.sasconsig.com


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