Date:         Mon, 8 Sep 1997 21:54:00 -0700
Reply-To:     Greg Bryant <gbryant@SLIPNET.COM>
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From:         Greg Bryant <gbryant@SLIPNET.COM>
Organization: Slip.Net (http://www.slip.net)
Subject:      Re: Function to count WORDS in SAS
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Have some fun Bruce, write the code yourself.  It's a great way to experiment
with SAS macro calls in a DATA STEP, if you choose.
 
good luck,
 
greg
 
 
Bruce Goodman wrote:
 
> Quick question. Is there a function or macro which will count the
> number of words in a string??? For example, SCAN(var,n) will return me the
> n'th word, but is there a function that will tell me how many words were
> actually found???
>
> Bruce Goodman......BEGOODMAN@HOTMAIL.COM