Date:         Fri, 10 Feb 2006 08:13:49 -0500
Reply-To:     Hadassa Brunschwig <dassybr@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Hadassa Brunschwig <dassybr@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Numeric macro variable

Hello fellow users!

I am writing a macro to which I submit a string of numbers, e.g.:

(1,145,64,29)

For other purposes, using proc sql within the macro, I read this string
into another macro variable in order to obtain the following:

1:145:64:29

I know that both of the variables have character type. I would like,
however to count the numbers in the string, in this case 4.

Any comments on how to do that?

Thanks a lot.

Hadassa