Date:         Fri, 20 Mar 1998 16:13:19 -0500
Reply-To:     "abdu.elnagheeb(a)nationsbank.com"
              <abdu.elnagheeb@NATIONSBANK.COM>
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From:         "abdu.elnagheeb(a)nationsbank.com"
              <abdu.elnagheeb@NATIONSBANK.COM>
Subject:      %SCAN and the Semicolon (;)

     Hello everyone,
 
     It seems that %SCAN can't catch the semicolon (;).  For example, if
     you have (parts of a macro):
 
     %LET text1 = %str(pppplllm ; tttttt ; kkkkkk ;) ;
 
     %do i =1 %to 9999;
        %let check = %scan(&text1, &i) ;
     %end ;
 
     the macro variable check will NEVER assume the value ';' .  Am I
     wrong?
 
     What else can one do to capture the semicolon there?
 
     Thanks and have a nice weekend.
 
     abdu