KCOMPRESS Function

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KCOMPRESS Function

Removes specified characters from a character expression.

Category: DBCS
Tip: Non-DBCS equivalent function is COMPARE in SAS Functions and CALL Routines: Reference.  


Syntax

Required Arguments

Example

See Also


Syntax


KCOMPRESS(source,<characters-to-remove> )



Required Arguments


source


specifies a characterexpression that contains the characters to be removed. When only source isspecified, KCOMPRESS returns this expression with all of the singleand double-byte blanks removed.



characters-to-remove


specifies the characteror characters that KCOMPRESS removes from the character. If characters-to-removeis omitted, KCOMPRESS removes all blanks.expression.

Tip Enclose a literal string of characters in quotation marks.


Example


The following exampleuses Japanese characters.




Statements


Results


KCOMPRESS example using Japanese characters

KCOMPRESS example using Japanese characters



See Also


Functions:

KLEFT Function

KTRIM Function


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