Date:         Fri, 22 May 2009 10:21:00 -0700
Reply-To:     "Terjeson, Mark" <Mterjeson@RUSSELL.COM>
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From:         "Terjeson, Mark" <Mterjeson@RUSSELL.COM>
Subject:      Re: SAS function: find how many time a sentece happen
Comments: To: Mindy <master2005_sas@YAHOO.COM>
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Hi Minday,

If you literally mean "sentences" in a single
variable, then IF you have the luxury of knowing
ahead of time that the period character IS always
used AND that the period character DOES NOT occur
for any other purpose such has a decimal point,
THEN, you could do something like counting the
number of periods.
e.g.

data _null_;
    myvar = 'Hello. Goodbye. Cheers.';
    NumberOfSentences = length(myvar)-length(compress(myvar,'.'));
put _all_;
run;

If your rules are a bit different, you still may be
able to establish the right checks within those
pattern matching efforts and adjust accordingly.



Hope this is helpful.


Mark Terjeson
Investment Business Intelligence
Investment Management & Research
Russell Investments
253-439-2367


Russell
Global Leaders in Multi-Manager Investing





-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Mindy
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 10:13 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: SAS function: find how many time a sentece happen

Hey,

Is there a function to find hom may time a sentence happen in a
variable?

Thanks,
Minday