SAS(R) 9.1.3 Companion for z/OS

Comparisons
Functions and CALL Routines under z/OS CALL SLEEP Routine 247
The ANYPUNCT function searches a character string for a punctuation character. The
NOTPUNCT function searches a character string for a character that is not a
punctuation character.
Examples
The following example uses the ANYPUNCT function to search a string for punctuation
characters.
data _null_;
string=’Next = _n_ + 12E3;’;
j=0;
do until(j=0);
j=anypunct(string,j+1);
if j=0 then put +3 "That’s all";
else do;
c=substr(string,j,1);
put +3 j= c=;
end;
end;
run;
The following lines are written to the SAS log:
See Also
j=6 c==
j=8 c=_
j=10 c=_
j=12 c=+
j=18 c=;
That’s all
CALL SLEEP Routine
1 “NOTPUNCT Function” in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
Suspends the execution of a program that invokes this call routine for a specified period of time
Category: Special
z/OS specifics: host call
See: CALL SLEEP Routine in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
Syntax
CALL SLEEP(time);
time
specifies the amount of time, in milliseconds (1/1,000 of a second), that you want to
suspend execution of a DATA step and the SAS task that is running that DATA step.