Sentence Case

[Tom Smith]

Is there any function for Sentence Case in SAS like MS word( not Uppper
case or Lower case)?
Like if I have "SAS-L IS A GOOD THING" Can I change it to "Sas-l is a good
thing" with a fuction?
Thanks.

[Nat Wooding]

Try

Propcase which is a version 9 function. The quick reference to it is


PROPCASE (str,<dlm>) converts string str to proper case with delimeters
dlm
matches a pattern

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Is there any function for Sentence Case in SAS like MS word( not Uppper
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Like if I have "SAS-L IS A GOOD THING" Can I change it to "Sas-l is a good
thing" with a fuction?
Thanks.


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[Bucher Scott]

You can apply the Propcase() function to the first word in a string and
use lower for the rest.


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Subject: Sentence Case

Is there any function for Sentence Case in SAS like MS word( not Uppper
case or Lower case)?
Like if I have "SAS-L IS A GOOD THING" Can I change it to "Sas-l is a
good thing" with a fuction?
Thanks.

[Mike Zdeb]

hi ... PROPCASE (close) ... LOWCASE+SUBSTR+UPCASE (exact) ...

114 data _null_;
115 x = "SAS-L IS A GOOD THING.";
116 y = propcase(x);
117 z = lowcase(x);
118 substr(z,1,1) = upcase(substr(z,1,1));
119 put x= / y= / z=;
120 run;

x=SAS-L IS A GOOD THING.
y=Sas-L Is A Good Thing.
z=Sas-l is a good thing.

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P/518-402-6479 F/630-604-1475

Post by Tom Smith
Is there any function for Sentence Case in SAS like MS word( not Uppper
case or Lower case)?
Like if I have "SAS-L IS A GOOD THING" Can I change it to "Sas-l is a good
thing" with a fuction?
Thanks.

[Wensui Liu]

not sure if propcase() is what you are looking for.

Post by Tom Smith
Is there any function for Sentence Case in SAS like MS word( not Uppper
case or Lower case)?
Like if I have "SAS-L IS A GOOD THING" Can I change it to "Sas-l is a good
thing" with a fuction?
Thanks.

[Mike Zdeb]

hi ...

"If At First You Don't Succeed, read the on-line help."

PROPCASE (close) ... LOWCASE+SUBSTR+UPCASE (exact) ... PROPCASE+DELIMITER (exact)

143 data _null_;
144 x = "SAS-L IS A GOOD THING.";
145 y = propcase(x);
146 z = lowcase(x);
147 q = propcase(x,'~');
148 substr(z,1,1) = upcase(substr(z,1,1));
149 put x= / y= / z= /q=;
150 run;

x=SAS-L IS A GOOD THING.
y=Sas-L Is A Good Thing.
z=Sas-l is a good thing.
q=Sas-l is a good thing.


--
Mike Zdeb
***@Albany School of Public Health
One University Place
Rensselaer, New York 12144-3456
P/518-402-6479 F/630-604-1475

Post by Tom Smith
Is there any function for Sentence Case in SAS like MS word( not Uppper
case or Lower case)?
Like if I have "SAS-L IS A GOOD THING" Can I change it to "Sas-l is a good
thing" with a fuction?
Thanks.