Using JMP - SAS

410 Formula Functions Reference Appendix B
Character Pattern Functions
Pat Fence
Constructs a pattern that succeeds and matches the null string when the matcher moves forward through it,
but fails when the matcher tries to back up through it. It is a one-way trap door that can be used to optimize
some matches.
Pat Arb No
Constructs a pattern that matches zero or more copies of pattern.
Pat Repeat
Matches pattern between minimum and maximum times.
Pat Conditional
Saves the result of the pattern match, if it succeeds, to a variable named as the second argument (type) after
the match is finished.
Pat Immediate
Saves the result of the pattern match to a variable named as the second argument (varName) immediately.
Pat Altern
Constructs a pattern that matches any one of the pattern arguments.
Pat Concat
Constructs a pattern that matches each pattern argument in turn.
Pat Regex
Constructs a pattern that matches the regular expression in the quoted string argument.
Pat Match
Pat Match executes a pattern match using the source in the first argument and the pattern in the second
argument. The pattern must be constructed first, either inline or by assigning it to a JSL variable elsewhere.
A third argument, if present, is the replacement text for the matched characters in the source argument (if
the source argument is a variable). Pat Match returns true if the match succeeds. Additional arguments, in
any order, are ANCHOR (match must begin at start of source), FULLSCAN (turn off some optimizations
for special situations), and MATCHCASE (by default, A == a).
Pat Match returns true or false rather than a string, so Pat Match is somewhat difficult to use in a formula.
You might find the Regex function (“Regex” on page 407) easier to use when you are adding
pattern-matching formulas in the Formula Editor.