Date:         Wed, 16 Sep 1998 15:07:26 -0400
Reply-To:     "Patton, Nancy (CAP, RFS)" <Nancy.Patton@GECAPITAL.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Patton, Nancy (CAP, RFS)" <Nancy.Patton@GECAPITAL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Urgent Capitals
Comments: To: Josi Ailton Alencar andrade <andrade@INEP.GOV.BR>

try the upcase function :
 
1
2          options ls = 72 ;
3          DATA;
4          variable = 'aaaaa';
5           TEST   = UPCASE  (VARIABLE) ;
6           TEST1  = LOWCASE (TEST    ) ;
7
 
NOTE: The data set WORK.DATA1 has 1 observations and 3 variables.
NOTE: The DATA statement used 0.02 CPU seconds and 3303K.
 
8          PROC PRINT;
 
 
              The SAS System                            1
                      15:00 Wednesday, September 16, 1998
 
    OBS    VARIABLE    TEST     TEST1
 
     1      aaaaa      AAAAA    aaaaa
 
 
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*       Nancy Patton
*       (703)553-0737
*       NKP@asg-inc.com
*       Nancy.Patton@GECapital.com
 
> ----------
> From:         Josi Ailton Alencar andrade[SMTP:andrade@INEP.GOV.BR]
> Reply To:     Josi Ailton Alencar andrade
> Sent:         Wednesday, September 16, 1998 2:56 PM
> To:   SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
> Subject:      Urgent Capitals
>
>     Hello all,
>
>     I need to transforme the a character field in capital letters. How
> do I do that?
>
>     Thank!
>