Date:         Fri, 27 Jun 2003 15:28:56 -0400
Reply-To:     "Droogendyk, Harry" <Harry.Droogendyk@CIBC.COM>
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From:         "Droogendyk, Harry" <Harry.Droogendyk@CIBC.COM>
Subject:      Re: word position
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Ganesh:

If it's really a WORD you're looking for, e.g. a string of characters
delimited by blanks or the extremities of the searched string, use the
indexw function:


data _null_;
  long = 'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog';
  word = '  over ';
  start_pos = indexw(long,word);
  if start_pos then
      end_pos   = start_pos + length(compress(word)) - 1;
  put start_pos= / end_pos=;
run;

                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Ganesh Tamarana [mailto:tamaranaganesh@YAHOO.COM]
                Sent:   June 27, 2003 3:11 PM
                To:     SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
                Subject:        word position

                Hello Everyone,

                           can anyone know , how to find  a  word starting
and ending
                positions in the string. Can any help me in this regards,
                Thanks in advance,
                Ganesh